The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) will conduct extensive research on the health benefits of tea and explore Ayurvedic applications of the beverage, Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on December 21.
The extracts of tea in the Ayurvedic line of medication and treatment would help add value to tea tourism in Assam and elsewhere in India, he said during the signing of a memorandum of understanding between AIIA and the Andrew Yule and Company Ltd. (AYCL) in New Delhi.
A government of India enterprise, the AYCL has seven tea estates in Assam.