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GROWTH OF SMALL TEA CULTIVATION AND ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF ASSAM

Kaberi Borah, Dr. Ashim Kr Das

Volume: 5 Issue: 1 2015

Abstract:

The tea industry of Assam is more than 180 years old by now. The cultivation of tea on small holding is comparatively a recent development. This Small tea cultivation is an integral component of large scale tea industry of the entire state by producing nearly 30 per cent of total tea production of the state. It has the potentiality of the transform of socio-economic condition of rural Assam. It provides ample avenues for self employment of educated unemployed youth besides engaging family members. The high profitatibility coupled with the prospect of getting steady income with minimum effort have attracted a large number of educational youth both rural urban. These private initiatives taken up by small tea growers may cultivate the spirit of entrepreneurship and would strengthen the backbone of the rural economy of Assam. Present paper will try to explore the opportunity of tea entrepreneurship and its socio-economic importance in the state.

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