New Delhi, April 17 -- Four of India's leading tea producers from Assam and West Bengal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw or amend the notification mandating them to sell not less than 50 per cent of their annual production through public tea auctions.

Assam Bought Leaf Tea Manufacturers Association (ABLTMA), North Eastern Tea Association (NETA), Bharatiya Cha Parishad (BCP) and North Bengal Tea Producers' Welfare Association (NBTPWA) wrote to PM Modi demanding that producers get the freedom to choose their mode of sale (auction or private), in line with market dynamics.

With reference to the Tea (Marketing) Control (Second Amendment) Order, 2015 and Tea (Marketing) Control (Amendment) Order, 2024, the letter read...