CONTENTS List of abbreviations 9 Executive summary 10 Chapter – 1 15 Introduction 15 1.1 introduction 15 1.2 rationale 16 1.3 research title / question 17 1.4 research objectives 18 1.5 methodology 18 1.6 scope and limitation 19 Chapter – 2 20 Tea production – domestic and international 20 2.1 global tea production 20 2.2 global tea export 21 2.3 indian tea production 22 Chapter – 3 23 Tea market scenario 23 3.1 indian tea market 23 3.2 region wise export share 23 3.3 export scenario to different countries 24 3.4 in-house consumption of tea 25 3.5 per capita consumption of tea 26 Chapter – 4 28 Plantation and production 28 4.1 profile of plantation and production 28 4.2 tea production in indian region 28 4.3 tea productivity in india 29 4.4 tea productivity in districts of assam 31 4.5 types of tea production in india 32 4.6 steps in tea production 33 4.7 costs involved in the production of tea (for big estates) 34 4.8 bought leaf factories in india 36 4.9 costs involved in the production of tea (for blf) 38 4.10 quality of green leaves 39 4.11 workers in tea industry 41 Chapter – 5 46 Labour act and social cost 46 5.1 plantation labour act, production and social cost 46 5.2 social cost 46 5.3 social cost beneficiaries 47 Chapter – 6 49 Indian auction 49 6.1 auction system 49 6.2 auction sale and direct sale 49 6.3 auction prices 50 6.4 auction price and consumer price 51 6.6 e – auction 53 Chapter – 7 55 Value chain 55 7.1 value chain of indian tea industry 55 7.2 role of different stakeholders in the tea industry 58 7.3 existing value chain of assam tea industry 62 7.4 costs and benefits among stakeholders in the value chain 63 7.5 profit margin among stakeholders in the value chain 66 Chapter – 8 69 Findings and conclusion 69 8.1 workers in the industry 69 8.2 producers in the industry 70 8.2 buyers and consumers 71 Annexure 73 References 79