New Delhi: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Pramod Kumar Sahoo (IOFS) as Deputy Chairman of the Tea Board of India, under the Ministry of Commerce. According to an order from the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), he has been appointed to the post for a period up to April 4, 2023 (i.e. a combined tenure of 5 five years) or until further orders, whichever is earlier. Sahoo is an Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) of 1997-batch. Prior to this assignment, he was serving as FA & CAO in the same organisation.
Pramod Kumar Sahoo is an Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) of 1997-batch. Prior to this assignment, he was serving as FA & CAO in the same organisation.
The Tea Board of India is a state agency of the government, established to promote the cultivation, processing, and domestic trade as well as export of tea from India. It was established by the enactment of the Tea Act in 1953 with its headquarters in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It is headed by the Deputy Chairman and separated into Standing Committees referred to as the Executive Committee, the Development Committee, the Labour Welfare Committee and the Export Promotion Committee. The board is responsible for the assignment of certification numbers to exports of certain tea merchants. This certification is intended to ensure the teas' origin, which in turn would reduce the amount of fraudulent labelling on rare teas such as ones harvested in Darjeeling.
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