India's tea output up 6 % at 1,205.40 mn kg in 2013-14

New Delhi: India's tea production in 2013-14 increased by 6.19 percent to 1,205.40 million kg.

Tea production in 2012-13 was 1,135.07 million kg, according to Tea Board of India data.

The combined output of Assam and West Bengal and other north Indian states rose 7.56 percent to 960.96 million kg in the previous financial year from 893.38 million kg a year earlier.

Assam and West Bengal are the major tea-producing states, accounting for almost 80 percent of India's total output.

Tea production in the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka was marginally up at 244.44 million kg from 241.69 million kg during the period under review.

India is the world's second-largest producer and biggest consumer of tea.