Going global through digital technology
May 19, 2008, Deccan Herald
This article talks about the fact that trading in tea is all set to go digital away from the traditional system which involves the presence of middlemen. Over the past few years, the plummeting tea prices and the continued erosion of margins by traders meant that the actual tea growers continued to be worse of. This move by the government is also expected to increase trading volumes significantly. This move by digitise trading in the tea industry is one amongst several sectors targeted by the government to bring in more efficiencies.