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29/07/22 06:40 AM IST

New law to free coffee sector from restrictive controls

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  • The government will loosen control over the coffee sector by scrapping several archaic provisions of the Coffee Act 1942, and undertake all-round development of the sector with emphasis on domestic as well as export requirements and farmer welfare, according to the draft Coffee (Promotion and Development) Bill, 2022, prepared by the commerce ministry.
  • The new Bill will replace the Coffee Act of 1942.
Proposed Provisions 
  • It will now include support for production, research, extension, and quality improvement apart from regular work of control, marketing and sale.
  • Protection of interests of labour
  • Simplifying the procedures and registration process of curing units.
  • Centre extended the RoDTEP (Refund of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products) scheme to the coffee sector to boost exports.
  • The Bill aims to address several new areas of functions of the Coffee Board. These include support for production, research, extension, quality improvement and the promotion of coffee and skill development of coffee growers. 
  • The Bill is also aimed at “holistic promotion and development” of the coffee industry, covering activities such as the expansion of the cash crop in new areas, sustainable cultivation, raising production as well as productivity, exports, promotion and the marketing of coffee. 
About Coffee
  • Second most important beverage of India after tea.
  • Indigenous to Abyssinia Plateau (Ethiopia).
  • It was brought to India by Baba Budan in the 17th century from Arabia and was raised in the Baba Budan Hills of Karnataka.
  • British planters established large coffee estates near
  • Chikmagalur (Karnataka) in 1826.
  • Manantody (Wayanad) and Shevoroys in 1830.
  • Nilgiris in 1839.
Conditions of Growth
  • The hot and humid climate
  • Temperature between 15°C and 28 °C.
  • Rainfall from 150 to 250 cm.
  • Well-drained, rich friable loams containing a good deal of humus and minerals like iron and calcium are ideal for coffee cultivation.
  • Dry weather is necessary at the time of ripening of the berries.
  • The crop is not tolerant to
  • Frost and snowfall.
  • High temperature above 30°C and strong sunshine (Hence, generally grown under shady trees on Northern and Eastern aspects of Hill).
  • Drought 
Source- Financial Express 

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