October 31, 2024
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2min
The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) today announced that member Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) increased the festival advances for their employees commencing with the Deepavali festival. Accordingly, all RPC workers received an increased festival advance from a previous Rs. 20,000 up to Rs. 25,000, reflecting a 25% increase, while staff will see a 20% increase […]

December 8, 2023
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6min
      The tea industry requires approximately 540,000 MT of fuelwood per annum to sustain its production RPCs calls for an efficient approval process of harvesting commercial timber and fuelwood 8th December 2023: The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA), Sri Lanka’s apex body representing the nation’s Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs), warned of a looming […]

September 4, 2023
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5min
      1st September 2023: The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) commended Government and Trade Union representatives for voicing preliminary support for long-overdue reforms to the archaic colonial-era daily attendance-based model in favour of a productivity-boosting modern Revenue Share Model. While certain stakeholders have advocated limiting workers’ pay to a mere Rs. 1,000, over […]

April 25, 2022
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9min
        RPCs allege discrimination by authorities on allocation of fuel for leaf and latex transport and power generation Calls for radical and bold reforms to resuscitate industry including allowing hybrid $ auctions Calls for additional assistance to increase production to enhance Dollar earnings and measures to reduce high COP 22nd April 2022; […]

January 10, 2022
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12min
        Over the past three decades, the Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) have established themselves as a critical stakeholder of Sri Lanka’s plantation industry. The RPCs were formed in 1992, primarily with the intention of bringing in the private sector, to improve the efficiency of the country’s large-scale estates involved in the cultivation […]

November 30, 2021
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3min
      Expresses commitment to and emphasises the need for broader engagement to find a long-term solution 30th November 2021: Commending the Government’s decision allow private sector imports of fertilizer and agrochemicals into the country, to The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) has offered its support to the authorities in arriving at a long-term […]


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