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With reference to the "Tea Board" in India, consider the following statements : 1. The Tea Board is a statutory body. 2. It is a regulatory body attached to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. 3. The Tea Board's Head Office is situated in Bengaluru. 4. The Board has overseas offices at Dubai and Moscow. Which of the statements given above are correct ?
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 (1 and 4). The explanation for the statements is as follows:
- Statement 1 is correct: The Tea Board of India is a statutory body established under Section 4 of the Tea Act, 1953.
- Statement 2 is incorrect: The Board functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, not the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. It acts as a regulatory and developmental body for the tea industry.
- Statement 3 is incorrect: The Head Office of the Tea Board is located in Kolkata, West Bengal, which is historically the hub of India's tea trade, not Bengaluru.
- Statement 4 is correct: To promote Indian tea globally, the Board maintains overseas offices currently located in Dubai (UAE) and Moscow (Russia).
Therefore, since statements 1 and 4 are factual and accurate, Option 4 is the right choice.
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Guest previewThis is a classic 'Ministry Swap' and 'Headquarters Swap' trap. UPSC tests if you can distinguish between the Ministry of Agriculture (production) and Ministry of Commerce (export/trade) for cash crops. The question is fair but punishes those who assume all crops fall under the Agriculture Ministry.
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- Statement 1: Is the Tea Board of India a statutory body?
- Statement 2: Is the Tea Board of India a regulatory body attached to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare?
- Statement 3: Is the Head Office of the Tea Board of India situated in Bengaluru?
- Statement 4: Does the Tea Board of India have an overseas office in Dubai?
- Statement 5: Does the Tea Board of India have an overseas office in Moscow?
- Directly states the Board was established under a specific Act (Tea Act 1953), indicating creation by statute.
- Notes the Board was established in 1954 as per provisions of the Tea Act, which implies it is a statutory authority functioning under government control.
- Explicitly labels the Tea Board of India as a 'statutory body of the Government of India.'
- Describes the Board's role in promoting production, processing and trading of tea, consistent with functions of a statutory body.
Defines a statutory body as one 'established by the Central Government under the provisions of a law enacted by the Parliament' and gives features (orders have force of law).
A student could check whether the Tea Board was created by a specific Act of Parliament (if yes, it is statutory) or not.
Gives an example (Bar Council of India) that was established under a specific statute (Advocates Act, 1961) and is therefore statutory.
Compare how the Bar Council was created (named Act) with the origin instrument for the Tea Board (look for a founding Act or legislation).
Another example: Animal Welfare Board is statutory and explicitly tied to a specific section of an Act (Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960).
Check for a similar citation of a specific Act/section for the Tea Board in primary legal sources or official websites.
Contrasts a non-statutory advisory body (Law Commission) that is created by government order for a fixed tenure, illustrating the alternate mode of creation.
If the Tea Board were created by executive order or resolution rather than by statute, this pattern would indicate it is non-statutory.
Notes that some bodies are created by executive resolution and later may be 'conferred a statutory status', showing that origin and later legislative change both matter.
Investigate whether the Tea Board's legal status changed over time (initially by resolution vs later by Act) to determine current statutory status.
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