Tea should be declared as the National drink – Kalam

Tea should be declared as the National drink – Kalam

On Tuesday Nov 23, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam said that the brew can be the official drink. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in Assam declared tea as the state Drink. On the basis of the size of its consumers tea can be the national drink like kalam said. The three day kalam inaugurating the World Tea Science Congress at TES, Jorhat, Assam.

Kalam proposed formation of tea cooperatives so as to address the problems of the small tea planters and their workers.He said diversification and development of value-added products such as medicinal tea, organic tea and flavoured tea.

Kalam further advocated for genetically modified varieties of tea to protect the crops from pests, instead of use of chemical pesticides. He also said that a multi-dimensional research will help tea occupy the world market with its exotic products.