North Eastern Tea Association about current issues as they arise pertaining to Assam's tea industry, besides making various suggestions to the government for the betterment and the upscaling of the industry sector. The organization has made numerous suggestions to the Government of Assam for the upscaling the tea industry in the region. NETA has recently suggested to move the Tea Board of India's head office to Guwahati on the basis of the fact that the other five statutory "Commodity Boards" under the Department of Commerce, Govt. of India – Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Spices and Tobacco are headquartered in the State where the product is
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