Socio-economic crisis of Darjeeling tea gardens: An insight

The tea industry is one of the major sources of employment and economy in India as a whole and especially in the Northern part of West Bengal. It has been evident that post-2000 the condition of the tea industry of India, North Bengal in specific has been falling with the series of lockdowns and abandonment. The closing or abandonment of the industry severely affects the socio-political life of the people living and depending on the industry.