Regional Plantation Companies Archives

October 31, 2024

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 […]

January 9, 2023

• The company will invest over Rs. 3000 Mn. within the next five years towards replanting of tea & rubber • Says it aims to replant a further 1050 hectares of rubber and 450 hectares of tea by 2027 • Maintains a yield of over 1000 Kg per hectare for rubber well […]

June 29, 2022

Driving forward ambitious diversifications into coconut, fruits, vegetables and spices Innovating on agri-best practices, mechanisation, beekeeping, vermi-compost 650Kw of renewable energy capacity in mini-hydro and rooftop solar Targeting internal generation for 50% of energy needs by end 2022 Aiming at Carbon Neutral status by a minimum of 2030 For […]

March 8, 2022

Stakeholder cooperation credited with minimising COVID-19 impact on plantation community Health programmes remain the priority among welfare efforts in 2022 Plans underway to construct 35 new child development centres within 2022 6th March 2022: Cooperation among key stakeholders significantly strengthened health initiatives covering communities in estates managed by the Regional Plantation […]

March 1, 2022

Many of Sri Lanka’s Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) are breaking away from legacy practices of the sector by redefining themselves through innovation. In this week’s, ‘RPC Innovation Series,’ we explore the question: ‘can Pure Ceylon Tea help drive the fight against climate change?’ Having developed innovative, home-grown solutions and leveraged and […]

December 21, 2021

The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) strongly condemned a recent incident of forceful and illegal encroachments of estates managed by the Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs), and called on the Government and law enforcement officials to uphold the rule of law in RPC estates. The statement was a response to an incident on […]

November 30, 2020

29th November 2020: The Planters’ Association of Ceylon marked World Children’s Day 2020 with a pledge to establish 35 Child Development Centers (CDC’s) on estates belonging to their membership of 21 Regional Plantation Companies (RPC). This will add the total number of CDC’s on RPC estates to 258. The setting up of these centers will […]

Planters’ Association announces enhanced Deepavali advances for RPC workers and staff

Seeding long-term growth: Pussellawa Plantations lays foundation for next generation tea and rubber

Horana Plantations exploring the frontiers of true diversity in the plantation industry

Health initiatives targeting RPC estate community gain momentum in 2021

Bogawantalawa Tea taking up a global leadership role in fighting climate change

Planters’ Association condemns politically-connected land encroachments at Madampe Estate

RPC’s mark world children’s day with investment to enhance Early Childhood Development