Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced the formation of a Chhattisgarh Tea Coffee Board.
The Board is being constituted with the aim of providing maximum benefits to the local farmers and workers engaged in processing and promoting tea-coffee cultivation in the state, the Chief Minister was quoted as saying in an official Communication.
He said that in the next three years, tea and coffee will be cultivated in at least 10,000 acres of land.
At present tea is cultivated and processed in Jashpur district in the northern part of Chhattisgarh. The coffee is grown in Bastar district.