India’s recommendation to designate May 21 every year as International Tea Day has been accepted by the United Nations General Assembly. India had mooted the proposal at the FAO IGG on Tea (Food and Agriculture Organisation Intergovernmental Group) held in Milan in October 2015. The United Nations General Assembly, in its notification, has stated it recognizes the importance of promoting sustainable development in its three dimensions in an innovative, coordinated, environmentally sound, open and shared manner and the urgent need to raise public awareness on the importance of tea for rural development and sustainable livelihoods and to improve the tea value chain to contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It trusts that the observance of an International Tea Day will promote and foster collective actions to implement activities in favour of the sustainable production and consumption of tea and raise awareness of its importance in fighting hunger and poverty and therefore has decided to designate 21 st May as International Tea Day. The United Nations General Assembly has further noted that tea consumption can bring health benefits and wellness and also recognized the important role of tea education and its cultural significance, informed Arun Kumar Roy, Deputy Chairman, Tea Board.
The nodal organisation has invited all States Members and observers of the United Nations, observers of the United Nations system, other international and regional organizations and other relevant stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector and academia, to observe International Tea Day in an appropriate manner and in accordance with national priorities, through education and activities aimed at raising public awareness of the importance of tea for rural development and sustainable livelihoods, informed Joydeep Phukan, Secretary, Tea Research Association.
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