International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2019, Volume : 9, Issue : 7
First page : ( 751) Last page : ( 758)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

Newly Emerging Problems of Tea Cultivation in Assam

Lahon Durlov

Research Scholar, Department of geography, Gauhati University, Assam, India

Online published on 7 October, 2019.

Abstract

India is the second largest tea producing country in the world after China. It is one of the major industries of the country under organize sector and it also consider as an integral part of the economic development of the nation. According to an estimation India is the fourth largest exporter of tea in the world market. Major tea growing state of the country are Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The tea industries in Assam is about 178 years old. Tea is a major cultivation in the state after rice. It play an important role on the economy of the state as well as the nation. A major portion of the population out of total population are directly or indirectly engage with tea cultivation. The first tea garden in Assam was opened at Lakhimpur district in 1838 by British. Subsequently tea cultivation was started in the different part of the state. In October 2012, the state of Assam officially declared tea as the ‘State Drink’. But recently the tea growers of Assam were face different problems due to some natural as well as market oriented reasons. Thus the present study was prepared mainly discuss about some newly emerging problems of tea grower of Assam which effected the economy of State. The required data are collected from both primary and secondary sources.

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Keywords

Tea, Problems, Cultivation, Economy, Export.

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