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There are many major organizations related to tea industry in India. The Indian tea board is the major government organization. Under the Tea Act of 1953, Indian government established Indian Tea board. Headquartered in Kolkata, the tea board is headed by a chairman appointed by Indian government.

Some other officials in the tea board are:

• 3 persons representing Parliament
• 2 persons representing owners of tea estates and gardens and growers of tea
• 6 persons representing the Government of the principal tea-growing States namely Assam, West Bengal, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh
• 5 persons representing persons employed in tea estates and gardens
• 2 persons representing dealers including both exporters and internal traders of tea
• 2 persons representing manufacturers of tea
• 2 persons representing consumers
• 2 persons representing other interest

Below are given the objectives of this organization:

• Secretariat and Establishment for administrative work and co-ordination of the activities of the various other departments.
• Finance for internal audit and maintenance of the Board's accounts.
• Development for the administration of financial assistance scheme and assistance to the industry for procurement for distribution and movement of essential inputs.
• Research for administering grant loans to research organizations and maintaining internal research facilities.
• Licensing for regulation of production and export and implementation of the Tea Waste (Control) Order.
• Promotion for the marketing of tea in India and increase of exports.
• Statistics for the collection of statistical data and undertaking cost studies.
• Labor Welfare for the implementation of welfare measures in the tea industry.
• Law for dealing with various miscellaneous legal matters arising in functional departments.

Useful Links:

http://www.teauction.com/industry/boards.asp

http://www.justtea.org/Justteaframes.asp?caption=project