The total turnover of the tea industry in the country is likely to touch 33,000 crore rupees by 2015.
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, ASSOCHAM, in Guwahati today said that the industry has at present a turnover of 19,500 crore rupees.
India is the world’s largest consumer and second largest tea producer. With nearly six lakh hectares under tea cultivation, the domestic industry is growing at a compound annual growth rate of about 15 percent.
The release also said that nearly 35 lakh workers are being employed in over 1 thousand 500 tea estates across India.
Assam contributes over half of the country’s total tea and around 12 percent of global tea production.
Due to its affordable and addictive nature, nearly 90 percent of country’s total population drinks tea.
It may be recalled that Assam government has already declared tea as state drink and also urged the Centre to recognize tea as national drink.
