The COPE committee has called for the Sri Lanka Tea Board to present a report on how they intend to spend the Rs. 9,869,442,652 balance of their sales promotion fund.
The COPE committee has also noted that the Tea Boards promotional spendings were not satisfactory.
The Tea Board was called to hand over the relevant report in 02 weeks.
Also, the COPE Chairman recommended to appoint a COPE sub committee, covering the entire tea field.
The COPE Committee also expressed its displeasure that the Tea Commissioner was also functioning as the Acting Director General of the Tea Board, leading to a conflict of interest.
