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India's tea industry is the fourth largest in the world, producing $709,000,000 worth of tea. [13] As of 2013 the consumption of green tea in India was growing by over 50% a year. [14] The major tea-producing states in India are: Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Sikkim, Nagaland. [15]
India was the top producer of tea for nearly a century, but recently China has overtaken India as the top tea producer due to increased land availability. [15] Indian tea companies have acquired a number of iconic foreign tea enterprises including British brands Tetley and Typhoo. [15] India is also the world's largest tea-drinking nation. [15]
Tea farming in Sikkim is primarily dominated by the Temi Tea Garden (owned by the Sikkim state government) and various other small tea growers. [3] [2] The first and still the largest tea garden in Sikkim, the Temi Tea Garden was established by the erstwhile king Palden Thondup Namgyal as a source of employment for the large number of Tibetan refugees living in the region.
Environmentalists say industrial-scale tea farming has destroyed the soil’s nutrients and led to conflict with animals like elephants and gaur, or Indian bison, that have little forest left to live in. Estimates say nearly 135,000 acres of tea have been planted across the mountains, damaging close to 70% of native grasslands and forests.
Worldwide employment In agriculture, forestry and fishing in 2021. India has one of the highest number of people employed in these sectors. As per the 2014 FAO world agriculture statistics India is the world's largest producer of many fresh fruits like banana, mango, guava, papaya, lemon and vegetables like chickpea, okra and milk, major spices like chili pepper, ginger, fibrous crops such as ...
The Leesh River Tea Co. Ltd., The Danguajhar Tea Co. Ltd., and The Meenglas Tea Co. Ltd., were amalgamated with Goodricke in 1977. [7] Incorporated in 1945, Jay Shree Tea and Manufacturing Ltd., owned by the B.K.Birla group, is the third-largest tea producer in the world with 22 tea estates spread across India and East Africa. [8]
Kangra, a tea-growing region in India, known for its green tea production. India was the top producer of tea for nearly a century but was displaced by China as the top tea producer in the 21st century. [44] Indian tea companies have acquired a number of iconic foreign tea enterprises including British brand Tetley. [44]
Nilgiri tea is a drink made by infusing leaves of Camellia sinensis that is grown and processed in the Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu, India.The leaves are processed as black tea, though some estates have expanded their product offerings to include leaves suitable for making green, white and oolong teas.