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World Service,08 Aug 2018,17 mins

India's Tea Crisis

Business Daily

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There's trouble brewing in India's tea industry. Tea production is one of India's biggest industries. But it's struggling in the face of increased competition from Africa. Rahul Tandon reports from the tea estates of Assam, where tea pickers demand higher wages, but producers worry about rising costs and falling global prices for tea. (Photo: Tea pickers in Assam, India, Credit: Getty Images)

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