Activity on Tea Replanting Subsidy Scheme
Year
Permits Issued
Extent Covered by Permits (Ha)
Extent Uprooted (Ha)
Extent Planted (Ha)
Annual Cost (Rs.Mil)
Annual Provision (Rs.Mil)
1978
-
-
422.48
411.56
5.4
-
1979
-
-
546.32
573.43
8.1
5.1
1980
-
-
549.55
554.41
9.1
10.9
1981
1740
-
563.72
563.31
9.4
9.6
1982
1459
-
524.45
507.75
12.8
10.6
1983
1758
826.09
454.38
379.21
11.2
11.5
1984
2404
1317.46
465.79
339.50
11.8
13
1985
1160
822.87
614.77
414.30
16.4
8.1
1986
662
441.81
547.25
463.72
20.3
16.3
1987
630
389.87
345.77
348.63
14
22.8
1988
501
321.04
308.17
277.13
10.3
18.5
1989
758
454.72
246.39
329.54
18.9
17.4
1990
4827
2439
478
362
19.2
22.59
1991
3109
1423
581
304
20.49
33.91
1992
1348
526.13
661.79
409.25
20.33
27
1993
3699
1146.71
506.87
515.72
29.79
32.24
1994
2627
905.93
769.76
552.60
31.62
60.46
1995
3465
1266.88
1390.26
532.85
38
41.75
1996
4475
1319
724
508
31.05
43.41
1997
6235
1580
923
435
40.32
68.91
1998
5507
1586
674
635
65.64
61.69
1999
3660
955
861
767
88.82
77.95
2000
6930
1796
722
519
72.68
92.84
2001
7093
1952
841
574
77.76
98.85
2002
9983
2565
991
736
99.17
106.57
2003
11928
2892
1179
765
122.82
150.11
2004
10618
2621
1398
891
188.10
179.07
2005
9291
2127
1306
1058
174.83
182.13
2006
6755
1578
927
1001
183.34
181.90

Source: TSHDA Progress Reports

 

Activity on Infilling Subsidy Scheme on Tea Lands
Year
Permits Issued
Extent Covered by Permits (Ha)
Extent Uprooted (Ha)
Extent Planted (Ha)
Annual Cost (Rs.Mil)
 
1979
858030
72938
-
-
1.00
 
1980
1436369
455351
-
0.44
2.60
 
1981
950558
477546
-
0.45
1.37
 
1982
1080257
1129
103392
0.67
1.07
 
1983
1391855
477230
166158
0.63
1.73
 
1984
5935521
799715
101773
1.99
2.30
 
1985
4260727
3330268
344545
8.78
4.37
 
1986
7123986
5087525
1242922
15.41
5.88
 
1987
5818170
5269971
2484684
16.57
8.16
 
1988
5121825
3861892
2496705
10.00
19.37
 
1989
3903899
4257670
3377046
13.30
19.60
 
1990
3847466
2986998
2975849
9.32
7.20
 
1991
-
1029987
3528586
8.95
9.04
 
1992
-
235404
1148371
2.49
5.00
 
1993
-
6607
1658
0.30
-
 
1994
-
16432
46030
0.12
-
 
1995
-
20298
7073
0.46
2.45
 
*1996
-
13278
3181
1.19
15.20
 
**1996
5600900
3867981
-
-
-
 
**1997
6965923
5301839
-
9.03
12.00
 
1998
-
1707845
-
4.14
15.02
 
*1999
-
-
14012
8.20
11.16
 
**1999
617120
2454895
1846445
-
-
 
2000
2713972
812174
389248
3.68
11.54
 
2001
1412860
1078708
209534
5.68
11.54
 
2002
4031727
2522872
486948
11.22
10.38
 
2003
3012892
1636901
380013
9.38
12.00
 
2004
2303061
1489167
593906
14.46
12.99
 
2005
1566327
1242648
776661
8.11
12.37
 
2006
972913
520610
540819
7.79
8.58
 

** Society Infilling Scheme
Source: TSHDA Progress Reports


Tea with Rubber Subsidy Scheme
Year
Permits Issued
Extent Covered by Permits (Ha)
Extent Uprooted (Ha)
Extent Planted (Ha)
Annual Cost (Rs.Mil)
Annual Provision (Rs.Mil)
1999
317
164
7.72
7.70
0.089
1.96
2000
153
92
30.00
30.00
0.57
3.01
2001
262
63
19.7
16.2
0.408
1.86
2002
96
52
9.02
7.88
0.92
1.90
2003
150
60
16
15
0.76
2.64
2004
135
51
8
9
0.46
0.86
2005
76
29
15
14.6
0.197
1.46
2006
18
7
8.8
6.8
0.469
0.69

 

 

Issue of Fertilizer to Tea Small Holders under the Credit Scheme
Year
Credit Scheme
Other
Cash Sales
Total
   
1993
2405
448
552
3405
   
1994
2811
93
329
3233
   
1995
3591
375
417
4353
   
1996
8278
426
261
8968
   
1997
12879
779
162
13820
   
1998
11035
3915
577
17700
   
1999
11210
712
343
12992
   
2000
15317
191
351
15859
   
2001
15905
84
432
16421
   
2002
16009
163
734
16906
   
2003
8845
5
274
9124
   
2004
8480
0.7
527
9007
   
2005
8412
523
243
9178
   
2006
3800
1284.2
628
5712
   

 

 

Progress of Commercial Tea Nursery Permits
Area
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Galle
98
105
64
64
97
131
Matara
192
253
226
226
383
29
Ratnapura
119
85
32
32
58
52
Kandy
74
74
122
122
126
150
Gampola
138
101
61
61
83
118
Uva
210
182
188
188
98
336
Kalutara
81
36
40
40
64
32
Kegalle
36
48
50
50
393
54
Total
948
884
783
783
1302
900

 

 

 
4.1 Extension Programes
Year
Group Extension Programmes
Individual Visits
No of Programmes
Farmer Participation
2001
 7730
 189252
 6607
2002
 6775
 177105
 8710
2003
 5219
 138012
 7865
2004
 5959
 153627
 14795
2005
 6619
 162697
 31370
2006 8054 236048 32261