Planters’ Association of Ceylon Archives

September 26, 2024

Colombo, 25th September 2024: The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) congratulates NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his election as the 9th Executive President of Sri Lanka and called for renewed collaboration to secure sustainable growth and livelihood empowerment within the plantation sector. The Association called on President Dissanayake to initiate a transformative […]

September 19, 2024

Incoming Chairman, Sunil Poholiyadde to prioritize innovation and diversification amid rising industry challenges Hails productivity-linked wage agreement as breakthrough moment for plantation sector Cautions 2024 tea production below target by 50 million kgs on weaker smallholder production Calls for policy stability and supportive land-use policies critical to facilitate necessary transitions Veteran planters, Jayantissa Ratwatte and […]

June 13, 2024

The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) confirmed that it has no option but to continue to oppose the sudden Wages Board decree to increase the fixed wage of tea and rubber sector workers by an unprecedented 70% on account of a lack of due process and unaffordability, with the matter being taken up for consideration […]

May 3, 2024

There has been widespread media coverage following an announcement published in Gazette No. 2382/04 on the 30th of April about proposed wage increases for Tea Growing and Manufacturing Trade, and Rubber & Raw Rubber Manufacturing Trade, and subsequent remarks made by the President in a speech he delivered on the 1st of May at Kotagala to commemorate […]

April 20, 2023

Close to Rs. 1Bn to be invested for the construction of housing and ECDs in RPCs 500 families to be vested with new housing constructed to the tune of Rs. 2.5Mn per unit 19 early childhood development centres to benefit families in the estate sector 20th April 2023: The Planters’ Association of […]

December 11, 2021

PA notes that prices of plant nutrients have increased significantly following the policy change 9th December 2021: While welcoming the lifting of the ban on fertiliser imports, the Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) points out that the country’s plantation sector has been significantly impacted by the policy and is now faced with […]

Planters’ Association of Ceylon welcomes new leadership of Sri Lanka; calls for collaborative efforts to transform the plantation sector

Planters’ Association of Ceylon Charts Course for Sustainable Future at 170th AGM

RPCs confirm that they will continue to contest Govt imposed 70% wage hike in courts

Planters’ Association of Ceylon statement on reported wage increase in the tea and rubber sector

Plans afoot to restart over 500 housing units in RPCs – The Planters’ Association of Ceylon

Plantation still face obstacles in obtaining fertiliser after import ban removal