Sponsored by the Development Monitoring Evaluation Office (DMEO), NITI Aayog, it aims at overcoming the gaps in previous evaluation studies by including the following objectives for the evaluation study: (i) Organisational Assessment of the Board, (ii) Assess Relevance, Coherence, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Sustainability, Impact and Equity of the Board’s Scheme(s), (iii) Value Chain Analysis, and (iv) Rationalization/ Need for Restructuring of Tea Board if any. For this evaluation study, it was decided to adopt a mixed methods approach including the framework of RCEESI+E recommended by OECD/DAC for analysis of scheme components. Besides secondary and official data, information was also collected through Key Informant Interviews (KII) and Focus Group Discussions (FDG) with relevant stakeholders at national, state, and local levels and from every aspect of the tea value chain to arrive outline the issues and challenges and suggest appropriate recommendations. The evaluation study of Tea Board sponsored by the Development Monitoring Evaluation Office (DMEO), NITI Aayog, aims at overcoming the gaps in previous evaluation studies by including the following objectives for the evaluation study: (i) Organisational Assessment of the Board, (ii) Assess Relevance, Coherence, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Sustainability, Impact and Equity of the Board’s Scheme(s), (iii) Value Chain Analysis, and (iv) Rationalization/ Need for Restructuring of Tea Board if any. For this evaluation study.

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