With the launch, Tripura becomes the second state in the northeast after Assam and the fifth in the country to have a tea auction centre. Tripura CM Manik Saha inaugurated the state's first tea auction centre in Agartala to reduce logistics costs, improve prices for growers, and strengthen the regional tea industry while. Chairman, Samir Ranjan Ghosh, said the tea auction centre aims to strengthen the marketing network for Tripura tea, reduce.