Ruwan sama mai yawa a cikin babban yankin da ake samar da shayi na Indiya ya goyi bayan fitowar mai ƙarfi yayin farkon lokacin girbi na 2021. Yankin Assam na Arewacin Indiya, wanda ke da alhakin kusan rabin kayan shayi na Indiya na shekara-shekara, ya samar da kilogiram miliyan 20.27 yayin Q1 2021, a cewar Hukumar Tea ta Indiya, tana wakiltar kilogiram miliyan 12.24 (+ 66%) na shekara-shekara (yoy) karuwa. Akwai fargabar cewa fari na gida na iya rage yawan girbi na 'farko na farko' da kashi 10-15% yoy, amma ruwan sama kamar da bakin kwarya daga tsakiyar Maris 2021 ya taimaka wajen rage waɗannan damuwar.

Koyaya, damuwa mai inganci da rikice-rikicen jigilar kaya da ke haifar da hauhawar cutar COVID-19 sun yi nauyi sosai kan fitar da shayi na yanki, wanda ya faɗi na ɗan lokaci da jaka miliyan 4.69 (-16.5%) zuwa jakunkuna miliyan 23.6 a cikin Q1 2021, a cewar majiyoyin kasuwa. Matsalolin kayan aiki sun ba da gudummawa ga hauhawar farashin ganye a gwanjon Assam, wanda ya karu da INR 54.74/kg (+61%) yo a cikin Maris 2021 zuwa INR 144.18/kg.

COVID-19 ya kasance barazanar da ta dace ga wadatar shayi ta Indiya ta hanyar girbi na biyu da aka fara a watan Mayu. Adadin sabbin lamuran yau da kullun da aka tabbatar sun kai kusan 400,000 a ƙarshen Afrilu 2021, daga ƙasa da 20,000 a matsakaici a cikin watanni biyu na farkon 2021, yana nuna ƙarin ka'idojin aminci. Girbin shayi na Indiya ya dogara sosai kan aikin hannu, wanda yawan kamuwa da cuta zai yi tasiri. Hukumar Tea ta Indiya har yanzu ba ta fitar da alkaluman samarwa da fitar da kayayyaki na Afrilu da Mayu 2021 ba, duk da cewa ana sa ran yawan adadin na wadannan watanni zai ragu da kashi 10-15% yoy, a cewar masu ruwa da tsaki na cikin gida. Wannan yana samun goyan bayan bayanan Mintec wanda ke nuna matsakaicin farashin shayi a gwanjon shayin Calcutta na Indiya yana ƙaruwa da kashi 101% yo da kashi 42% kowane wata a cikin Afrilu 2021.