History of tea in India a number of iconic foreign tea enterprises including British brands Tetley and Typhoo. As of 2013 the consumption of green tea in India was growing by over 50% a year. The major tea-producing states in India are: Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Sikkim, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Bihar, Orissa. The Indian tea industry as a mass employer has enjoyed the attention of the Indian government. When export sales went down, the government has been sympathetic to the demand of the industry and its cultivators. It has passed resolutions supporting the industry domestically
History of tea in India maker Jahnu Barua has been campaigning for a separate time zone for the north east region. "Sagina Mahato", a 1970 Bengali film, directed by Tapan Sinha, deal with labour rights in the tea plantations in the Northeast during the British Raj. "Paradesi (2013 film)" (English: Vagabond) is a 2013 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by Bala. The film is based on real life incidents that took place before independence in the 1930s especially in southern tea estates. History of tea in India India is one of the largest tea producers in the world, although over 70 percent of