Indian tea industry has had a good beginning in 2017 showing signs of yet another record production this calendar.

"Tea Board has now released the official production data for January at 18.99 million kg (mkg) against 17.95 mkg in January 2016”, Rajesh Gupta, compiler of annual Global Tea Digest told Business Line. This increase of 1.04 mkg marks a growth of six per cent, thereby promising chances of higher output over last year.