Workers employed in tea gardens in India

At present, there are 1,585 established tea gardens in the country. The names of the companies operating the tea gardens, as per the Baseline Survey conducted in the year 2015 by the Tea Board is given in Annexure-1.

The details of total number of permanent /temporary workers state-wise as per the Baseline Survey conducted by the Tea Board in 2015 for the organised sector in the country is given in the following table:
(Source: Tea Board)

At present, 11 tea gardens are closed in the country. The main reasons for closure of these gardens are attributed to poor yield of the estates, ageing bush profile and high vacancy percentage in tea area, negligible uprooting/replanting of age-old tea bushes for years, poor garden management practices, falling quality and price realisations, overall lack of development perspective, highly debt-oriented funding strategy and ownership disputes.