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Abstract Tea plantation in small holding bears the fruit for present as well as for the future generation. Thus small tea plantation belongs to the concept of sustainable and will act as a role model for the future generation in the years to come. The small scale tea growers form a significant part of the global tea industry. About 70% of the global tea production comes from the small- scale tea growers in the tea growing regions in Asia and Africa (Voora et al, 2019). These growers form the backbone of the rural economy in several tea producing regions. Tea industry in Assam contributes significantly in the development of state economy. The figures had moved on to more than Rupees 5000 crores annually as agriculture income, the numbers append as the state also receives a share of income tax and export duties from the centre directly and indirectly. Besides, act as backbone of rural economy, the small tea plantation also provides us food and medicines; plants and trees play an essential role in industries. Many raw materials are obtained by plants and giant trees used to produce various industrial products, including paper, spices, cosmetics, pencils, rubber, furniture and others household products. Thus, small tea plantation play a vital roles for economics improvement in rural economy of Assam, but the small tea growers does not free from some common problems i.e., low wages, poor infrastructure, poor housing, health issues and lack of avenues for social mobility, no gaining of proper market values of their production, lack of quality of tea leaf, price fluctuation of tea leaf, price controlled by the big tea gardens etc However, in this paper I would like to focus the various problems of small tea growers in Dhemaji of Assam under the economical aspects.