<P> India was the top producer of tea for nearly a century, but recently China has overtaken India as the top tea producer due to increased land availability . Indian tea companies have acquired a number of iconic foreign tea enterprises including British brands Tetley and Typhoo . </P> <P> As of 2013 the consumption of green tea in India was growing by over 50% a year . </P> <P> The major tea - producing states in India are: Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Sikkim, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Bihar, Orissa . </P> <P> The Indian tea industry as a mass employer has enjoyed the attention of the Indian government . When export sales went down, the government has been sympathetic to the demand of the industry and its cultivators . It has passed resolutions supporting the industry domestically and has also lobbied extensively with organizations like the WTO internationally . </P>

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