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Small tea growers
Why is it in the news?
- According to official statistics, the Indian tea industry harvested its highest tea crop of 1,350 million kg for fiscal 2019 and 1,338.6 million kgs for the calendar year.
More in the news
- The figures show that the small tea growers now have a 48% share in the country’s tea output.
- In 2017 the STG share was around 46.4%.
- The West Bengal’s Terai region small growers having the highest share of 73.6% and Tamil Nadu having a 61.2% share.
- An analysis of the figures shows that production in north India rose between June and September, but declined in December and January.
- Production in south India declined in major months except October and December when significant increase was seen.
Source
The Hindu.