Tripura opens its own tea auction centre at Agartala, the fifth in the country

29 October 2026

Tripura's first tea auction centre has been opened at the Pandit Nehru Complex in Agartala, and was inaugurated by Chief Minister Manik Saha.
It was set up by the Tripura Tea Development Corporation Limited, with support from the Tea Board of India.
With this, Tripura becomes the second State in the Northeast after Assam, and the fifth in the country, to have its own tea auction centre.
More than half of Tripura's tea had been sold at auction centres outside the State, at Guwahati and Kolkata.
The centre is expected to cut the long sales cycle and the freight and warehousing costs that growers now bear.
Industries Minister Santana Chakma was present at the opening.