Services

A per-hectare grant towards uprooting old, low-yielding tea and replanting with recommended cultivars, paid in instalments against field inspection at each stage.

Assistance for bringing suitable new land under tea, within the extents and agro-ecological zones the Authority has approved for expansion.

Allocation of subsidised fertilizer to registered smallholdings through the district offices and registered societies, issued against the published allocation for the season.

Technical guidance and assistance for terracing, drains, cover crops and other conservation measures on sloping smallholdings, so that replanted land holds its soil.

Field advice on planting material, pruning, plucking rounds, pest and disease management and leaf quality, delivered through the Tea Inspector ranges that cover every tea-growing d

Registration of a tea smallholding with the Authority. Registration is the key to every other service — subsidies, fertilizer allocation and society membership all read from it.

Formation and registration of a Tea Smallholder Development Society, the village-level body through which smallholders organise, receive inputs and access welfare programmes.

Member welfare, savings and enterprise programmes run with registered societies under the Tea Shakthi banner, including group input purchase and value-addition support.

Residential and non-residential training programmes for smallholders, society office bearers and field staff, at the Authority’s national centre at Hantana, Kandy.

Registration and monitoring of commercial tea plant nurseries, so that planting material issued under subsidy comes from a source whose cultivars and standards have been verified.

A request for information held by the Authority under the Right to Information Act No. 12 of 2016, made to the Information Officer at Head Office.

Applications for advertised posts at the Authority, from Tea Inspector and Extension Officer ranges to management, administration and technical grades.