DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2017.v05i08.039

Pages: 1090-1094

It is perhaps cliché to talk to about Tea Growing States in India and Assam. This Research paper is an attempt to highlight the evolution of Tea Growth of India and Assam. The Tea keeps an important place in the Indian economy. It employs about 3.5 million people across India and produces nearly 30% of the world’s annual tea production. The estimated demand is above 850 million kg. in the year 2011. India is one of the largest consumer, of Tea globally. India’s share of the global tea trade in on the lower side, as over 85% of the counter’s tea output is consumed with in the country. Tea is produced in 14 States in India out of which five of them are Assam, and west Bengal in North India and Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnatak in South India. The tea growing states of India concentrated in two widely separated region of India: North East and South India. In the North East-Brahmaputra Valley is the single largest tea growing area in the world. In Assam there are 68,465 small tea gardens in 14 Districts of the Brahmaputra Valley. Tea is grown in Assam all most-27 Distincts of the state.