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Tea nursery project to boost production-BY RAJITHA JAGODA ARACHCHI  J.M. Thilakarathna Banda Source:Sundayobserver The Ministry of Plantation, the Small Holdings Development Authority, the State Ministry of Company Estate Reforms, Tea Estate Related Crops, Tea Factory Modernisation and Tea Export Promotion, launched a project to facilitate tea nurseries across the country to boost tea production. Creating a new set of entrepreneurs related to the tea industry is also a key target of the project while its primary target is to produce 25 million tea plants in three years. “The government provides a grant of Rs 500,000 to each tea nursery owner who will produce over 50,000 plants at a time, under the project. ...