Biratnagar, May 20 -- India has revised the Standard Operating Procedure that had disrupted tea exports from Nepal, easing concerns among Nepali tea producers and exporters.

Following instructions from India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Tea Board of India has relaxed the mandatory testing requirement imposed on imported tea.

According to a circular received by the Post, tea imported for domestic sale in India will, for now, be exempt from compulsory laboratory testing.

The decision is expected to help resume Nepali tea exports that had nearly stalled over the past two weeks.

Aditya Parajuli, president of the Nepal Tea Producers' Association, said tea exports would now return to normal.

"With the new arrangement in place, ...