Measuring Total Factor Productivity Growth in the Tea Industry of Assam: A Non?Parametric Approach

Abstract

Over the years a significant number of studies have been conducted on spatial and inter-temporal variations in manufacturing sector performance and productivity all around the world including India. However, systematic panel data studies on productivity analysis and efficiency analyses, including TFPG, in the tea industry in Assam are rare. This paper makes an to examine the performance of tea producers by using a composite measure factor productivity growth over the period 2012 – 2022.