In Arunachal Pradesh Government is implementing a pilot project under the title ‘Sharing a Cup of Tea Mission '' for small and marginal tea growers in the state. This scheme is being implemented for the first time in the state. This pilot project is specifically engineered to assist financial assistance in the from of supplying of tea saplings to small and marginal tea farmers. Free tea sapplings were distributed to the selected farmers of East Siang District under this scheme.