Government plans to scrap 80-year old Coffee Act

Centre plans to propose a new " Coffee ( Promotion and Development Bill), 2022" by replacing the 80-year-old Coffe act to prompt the development of the Indian Coffe Industry.

Modernizing the functions of the Coffe board of India, which is responsible for boosting the production and quality of the nation's coffee, through the new law. During the ongoing session, the bill will be introduced

1942 coffee act was relevant to provisions of that time, comments government officials. Currently, many rules and regulations especially those about the marketing of coffee are redundant.

The last 10 years have also had a paradigm shift in the way coffee is grown, marketed and consumed. 

"Therefore revised bill with holistic provisions aimed at promotional and development of the entire value chain of coffee and enabling each of doing business is beneficial to all the stakeholders and to gently public" 

"The new bill address several functional areas of the coffee board such as support for production research extension and quality improvement promotion of coffee and skill development of crores many such activities were originally not included in the mandate of the coffee board but now it will be incorporated into the function and powers," says one official. 

The growth in the coffee industry will create jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities in all sectors of the value chain, from production to consumption. The bill also protects the interests of the labour on the plantations, processing units and coffee communities.