INDIA
In February, Santosh Sarangi chaired his first meeting of the Tea Board of India. Sarangi IAS joint secretary in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry was assigned additional charge of the post of chairman of the Tea Board of India.
He will hold the position till the post is filled or further orders are given by the ministry. The first board meeting of the newly constituted.
It has been a long wait for a permanent chairman of the statutory body and it is to be hoped that the myriad problems of the industry would be resolved without any further delay.