The Tea Board India is the fundamental authority coordinating and monitoring the tea trade, ensuring sound quality of tea products.

The Tea Board India is responsible for the assignment of certification numbers to exports of certain tea merchants. This certification is intended to ensure the teas’ origin, which in turn would reduce the amount of fraudulent labeling on rare teas such as ones harvested in Darjeeling. The excessive amounts of ‘faux’ Darjeeling sold on the global market relates in stark opposition to the fraction of exporters which are licensed by the Tea Board India as legitimate traders of this region.

The Tea Board India’s influence ranges from the endorsement of diverse production and productivity of tea, to financial support of research organizations and monitoring advances in packaging of tea as it relates to health beneficial aspects.

The Tea Board India manages these vital aspects of the tea trade by actively engaging in the promotion and evaluation of tea research in India. It coordinates research institutes, the tea trade and government bodies, ensuring the technical support of the tea trade in the global industry.