India is in the 4th position in the world tea market.

The estimated amount and value of Darjeeling tea exported during 2012-13 (April 2012 to January 2013) were 3.5 m. kg and Rs. 210 Crores respectively.

The Government has no such information. However, an agency namely Thomson and Reuters has been appointed to monitor and alert the Tea Board regarding any attempt made by any entity to register the Darjeeling word mark and logo mark in any country.

This information was given by the Minister of State of Commerce & Industry, Dr. D. Purandeswari in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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Darjeeling trademark protection secured by international monitoring to alert the Tea Board of foreign registration attempts. The Government engaged Thomson and Reuters to monitor and report any attempts to register the Darjeeling word mark and logo mark in other countries, providing an administrative surveillance and notification mechanism to the Tea Board of India; the Government stated no further information on registration attempts and reported India's global market position and recent Darjeeling export figures in a parliamentary reply.