**Executive Summary**
The Government of India, through the Tea Board, is implementing the Tea Development & Promotion Scheme (TDPS) across India, including Assam, with a budget of ₹152.76 Crore. From 2021-22 to 2025-26 (till 31.10.2025), ₹150.20 Crore was utilized for activities specific to Assam. An evaluation by NITI Aayog in May 2023 provided key recommendations for the scheme, which are being considered for 2023-24 to 2025-26.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Scheme Objectives:**
* Increase tea production and productivity.
* Improve tea quality for market entry.
* Enhance tea exports.
* Mobilize small tea growers into Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs).
* Support SHGs/FPOs in setting up mini tea factories.
* Undertake capacity-building programs.
* **Assam-Specific Activities (2021-22 to 2025-26, till 31.10.2025):**
* Re-plantation of tea in 437.42 Ha area.
* Formation of 318 SHGs, 143 FPOs, and 26 FPCs.
* Setting up 31 mini tea factories.
* Conversion of 30.32 Ha of tea plantations into organic cultivation.
* Setting up 30 farm field schools.
* Organization of 1343 capacity-building programs.
* **Export Growth:**
* Indian tea exports, including Assam Tea, grew from 751.07 million USD in 2021-22 to 923.89 million USD in 2024-25, with a CAGR of 7.15%.
* **NITI Aayog Evaluation Recommendations:**
* Satisfactory implementation of the Board's plantation schemes and formation of SHGs/FPOs
* Increase replantation efforts.
* Scale up brand promotion.
* Promote formation of SHGs/FPOs of small tea growers.
* Disseminate knowledge on Good Agriculture Practices (GAP).
* Provide capacity building to Small Tea Growers.
* **Beneficiaries:**
* Details on the number of beneficiaries in each district of Assam for each year from 2021-22 to 2025-26 (till 31.10.2025) are attached as Annexure-1.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder:** Small Tea Growers
**Impact:** Increased productivity, access to markets, potential for value chain integration through SHGs/FPOs, support for establishing mini tea factories, capacity building, dissemination of knowledge on Good Agriculture Practices.
**Action Required:** Participate in SHGs/FPOs, adopt Good Agriculture Practices, engage in capacity-building programs, consider establishing mini tea factories with SHG/FPO support.
**Stakeholder:** Tea Board
**Impact:** Responsible for implementing the TDPS, allocating resources, overseeing activities, monitoring and evaluating the scheme's progress, and considering recommendations from the NITI Aayog evaluation.
**Action Required:** Finalize TDPS scheme for the period 2023-24 to 2025-26, taking into account the recommendations from the NITI Aayog report.
**Stakeholder:** Government of India
**Impact:** The TDPS aims to boost the tea sector, enhance exports, and empower tea producers, aligning with broader economic development goals.
**Action Required:** Monitor the scheme's implementation and impact, provide ongoing support, and adjust strategies based on performance.
Key Entities Referenced
Tea Development & Promotion Scheme (TDPS): A scheme implemented by the Tea Board to increase tea production, improve quality, enhance exports, and empower small tea growers across the country, including Assam.
Assam: The state where specific activities and budget allocations under the Tea Development & Promotion Scheme (TDPS) are focused.
Tea Board: The organization implementing the 'Tea Development & Promotion Scheme' to promote the tea industry.
NITI Aayog: The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) of NITI Aayog conducted an evaluation study of the Tea Development & Promotion Scheme (TDPS).
Self Help Groups and Farmer Producer Organizations (SHGs/FPOs): Groups formed by small tea growers to improve their value chain and access support for setting up mini tea factories under the Tea Development & Promotion Scheme (TDPS).
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Government Strengthens Assam’s Tea Sector
Through Tea Development & Promotion Scheme
Tea Board Promotes Assam’s Tea Industry with Productivity
and Producer Empowerment Efforts
प्रव तथ: 02 DEC 2025 5:09PM by PIB Delhi
Government of India through Tea Board is implementing the ‘Tea Development & Promotion Scheme
(TDPS)’ across the country, including in the State of Assam. The scheme inter alia aims to increase the
production and productivity of tea, improve quality of tea entering the markets, enhance exports, mobilize
small tea growers into forming Self Help Groups and Farmer Producer Organizations (SHGs/FPOs) to
enable them to move up the value chain, provide support for setting up of mini tea factories by
SHGs/FPOs to make them self-sustainable and undertake capacity building programs. Under the scheme,
out of Tea Board’s overall budget, ₹ 152.76 Crore was allocated and ₹ 150.20 Crore was utilized by Tea
Board for activities specific to the State of Assam during the period 2021-22 to 2025-26 (till 31.10.2025).
The details of number of small growers who have benefited under the scheme, district wise and year wise,
are attached as Annexure-I.
Under the Tea Development & Promotion Scheme, activities undertaken in the State of Assam during the
period 2021-22 to 2025-26 (till 31.10.2025) inter alia include re-plantation of tea in 437.42 Ha area;
formation of 318 SHGs, 143 FPOs & 26 FPCs; setting up of 31 mini tea factories; conversion of 30.32 Ha
area of tea plantations into organic; setting up of 30 farm field schools and organisation of 1343 capacity
building programs. The export of Indian tea, which includes Assam Tea, has also grown from 751.07
million USD in 2021-22 to 923.89 million USD in 2024-25 with a CAGR of 7.15 %.
An evaluation study of ‘Tea Development & Promotion Scheme (TDPS)’ was carried out by the
Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO), NITI Aayog and its report with key
recommendations submitted in May 2023. The report inter alia mentioned about satisfactory
implementation of the Board’s plantation schemes as well as its achievements in formation of SHGs/FPOs
of small tea growers and helping them to set up tea factories. It also mentioned about the scheme’s
satisfactory impact in terms of increasing productivity. The key recommendations in the report inter alia
included replantation, scaling up of brand promotion efforts, formation of SHGs/FPOs of small tea
growers, dissemination of knowledge to farmers on Good Agriculture Practices and capacity building of
Small Tea Growers. These recommendations were considered while finalizing the TDPS scheme for the
period 2023-24 to 2025-26.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Shri Jitin
Prasada, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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Abhishek Dayal/Shabbir Azad/Anushka PandeyAnnexure -I
Numbers of beneficiaries
Sl. District 2021-22 2022-23 2023-2024 2024-25 2025-26
No.
(till
31.10.2025)
1 Baksa 5 0 55 10 1
3 Biswanath 331 397 227 140 482
4 Bongaigaon 339 0 550 88 4
5 Cachar 473 171 0 720 78
6 Charaideo 117 67 153 0 263
7 Dhemaji 512 639 162 164 256
8 Dibrugarh 4101 4548 614 3052 1504
9 Goalpara 118 0 223 0 0
10 Golaghat 2863 3245 983 1653 399
11 Jorhat 1835 1645 881 1060 348
12 Karbi 403 0 75 685 130
Anglong
13 Kokrajhar 147 259 0 18 0
14 Lakhimpur 920 927 391 415 736
15 Nagaon 1208 1069 250 961 104
16 Sivasagar 309 0 129 753 466
17 Sonitpur 1144 955 716 478 754
18 Tinsukia 5203 2897 1412 5972 148519 Udalguri 1175 1202 417 533 459
TOTAL 21203 18021 7238 16702 7469
(रलीज़ आईडी: 2197657) आगंतुक पटल : 994
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