Tea Development and Promotion Scheme TDPS
The Tea Board's main support scheme for small tea growers, their self help groups and producer organisations, mini tea units and tea exporters, which ran until 31 March 2026.
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- Cost to apply
- Free
- Status
- Closed
- Run by
- Tea Board India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
What you get
- Support to form self help groups and farmer producer organisations of small tea growers, with equipment such as weighing scales, pruning machines and leaf carriers
- Help for SHGs, FPOs and FPCs to set up mini tea units for orthodox, green and speciality tea
- Support for blending and packaging units run as common facilities for tea exports, for applicants with an average turnover of at least ₹25 crore over five years
Who can apply
- Open to businesses in farming, fisheries and livestock and food processing.
- Applicants had to be registered with the Tea Board, or hold a Tea Board QR code card in the case of small growers
- Applications were taken online on the ServicePlus portal in batches with cut off dates
Where to apply
In person, Tea Board Regional Office, Kochi or Peermade
In Kerala, Tea Board Regional Office, Kochi, and Regional Office, Peermade
Worth knowing
The scheme ran from 3 October 2024 to 31 March 2026 and the Tea Board said no case would carry over beyond 31 March 2026. No successor scheme for 2026-27 was found on the Tea Board website on 5 November 2026.
Where we found this
An independent guide by The Company of Four, not a government website. Schemes change often, so check every detail on the official website before you apply. Links marked ↗ open external websites that we do not run, and we are not responsible for their content. Seen something out of date? Tell us and we will look into it.