The Rediff Special
Assam Tea: A fact file
Total area under cultivation
230,000 hectares
Number of employees
800,000
Total annual production
Nearly 400 million kgs (53 per cent of national produce)
Rough industry turnover
Rs 20 billion
Major companies
Williamson Magor, Tata Tea, Goodricke, Assam Tea Company, Warren
Tea, Jayshree Tea etc.
Major associations
Assam Branch of Indian Tea Association, Tea Association
of India, Assam Tea Planters Association, Bharatiya Cha Parishad
Contribution to state exchequer
Rs 1.4 billion
ABITA money earmarked for 'welfare'
Rs 10 million annually
Tea personnel killed in extremist attacks
12 (since 1990)
Executives kidnapped
40 (but subsequently released)
Kind courtesy: Sunday magazine
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