UPSC Prelims 2022 Question:

With reference to the “Tea Board” in India

consider the following statements:

1. The Tea Board is a statutory body.
2. It is a regulatory body attached to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
3. The Tea Board’s Head Office is situated in Bengaluru.
4. The Board has overseas offices at Dubai and Moscow.
   
   

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Explanation:

• The Tea Board is a statutory body set up under section 4 of the Tea Act, 1953 was constituted on 1st April 1954. So, statement 1 is correct.
  
  
• The present Tea Board is functioning as a statutory body of the Central Government under the Ministry of Commerce. So, statement 2 is not correct.
  
  
• The head office of the Tea board is in Kolkata. Currently, the Tea Board has two overseas offices located at Dubai and Moscow. Its functions include rendering financial and technical assistance for cultivation, manufacture and marketing of tea, export promotion, aiding Research and Development activities for augmentation of tea production and improvement of tea quality. So, statement 3 is not correct and statement 4 is correct.
  
  

Therefore, option (4) is the correct answer.

Subject: Polity|Constitutional and Non-constitutional bodies