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"Give Land Rights To Workers Or...": Assam Government Warns Tea Estates
During the winter session of the Assembly in November, the state government brought a legislation, 'Assam Fixation of Ceiling on Land Holding (Amendment) Bill, 2025, to distribute land in tea estates' labour lines among workers for housing ownership.
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Erratic Rainfall, High Temperatures, Pests Hit Assam Tea Production
Tea production in Assam was adversely impacted in Assam as erratic rainfall in June and high temperatures in July affected the current crop.
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7 Women Tea Estate Workers Injured In Elephant Attack In Assam
Seven women tea garden workers were injured in an attack by a wild elephant in the Naharkatia area of Dibrugarh district in Assam on Wednesday.
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Man Beaten To Death In Assam Tea Garden After Fight With Locals
A man was allegedly beaten to death by some people in a tea garden in Assam's Charaideo district today, police said.
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In Assam's Tea Country: Where Tea And History Make For That Perfect Blend
An immersive journey into the fascinating realm of the world-famous Assam Tea at one of the state's most historic estates proves an eye-opening experience for a recent tea-drinking convert.
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What Oxfam India's Study Reveals About Assam's Tea Workers
Only 39 percent of Assam's tea garden workers are permanent while 61 percent are contractual labourers, a study by Oxfam India said.
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Hit Hard In 2nd Covid Wave, 1% Of Assam Tea Workers Have Got Both Jabs
The drive to vaccinate tea garden workers in Assam, which is among the groups hardest hit in the second wave of Covid infections in the state, is progressing at a slow pace.
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Assam Tea Estates See Over 300% Spike In Covid Cases In Last 10 Days
At Keyhung tea estate in Assam's Tinsukia district, Manju Tanti, a 47-year-old worker, sings to herself to keep her spirits high as she goes about plucking tea leaves.
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High Court Seeks Assam Government Reply On Covid Situation In Tea Estates
The Gauhati High Court has sought a written reply from the state government on Covid-19 situation in the tea estates before May 31. Many people working at Assam's tea estates have got infected amid India's fight against a deadly Covid wave.
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1 Year Of Notes Ban: Being Cashless A Distant Dream In Assam Tea Gardens
A year ago, when the government announced its demonetisation move, one of the major decisions taken was to bring Assam's tea industry under digital pay, creating scope of financial inclusion of about 10 lakh tea garden workers.
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Assam's Tea Workers Pick The Right Time For a Big Wish
Tea workers are part of the Other Backward Castes or lower caste groups which are entitled to 27% of state jobs and places in colleges. But they say this is a crowded space, leaving them with a negligible share, and want an "upgrade" to Schedule Tribe status.
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A tea estate, bloodied by murder, waits for answers
Among upper Assam's many tea estates, the Kunapathar Tea Estate was known till recently mainly for its sheer size of 1,000 acres. Then, in December, in the middle of a sunny afternoon, a mob armed with bows and arrows tore its way into the house, attacked the owners, and then set the sprawling five-bedroom home on fire.
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Assam: 21 cholera deaths in tea estates
Twenty people have died of cholera in the last one month in Assam's Sonitpur district and considering that the deaths have been reported from some of the affluent tea estates, questions are being raised about the living conditions of tea workers in these gardens. Assam's Bagmari tea estate's labour colony is filled with squalor and filth. Even...
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"Give Land Rights To Workers Or...": Assam Government Warns Tea Estates
During the winter session of the Assembly in November, the state government brought a legislation, 'Assam Fixation of Ceiling on Land Holding (Amendment) Bill, 2025, to distribute land in tea estates' labour lines among workers for housing ownership.
-
Erratic Rainfall, High Temperatures, Pests Hit Assam Tea Production
Tea production in Assam was adversely impacted in Assam as erratic rainfall in June and high temperatures in July affected the current crop.
-
7 Women Tea Estate Workers Injured In Elephant Attack In Assam
Seven women tea garden workers were injured in an attack by a wild elephant in the Naharkatia area of Dibrugarh district in Assam on Wednesday.
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Man Beaten To Death In Assam Tea Garden After Fight With Locals
A man was allegedly beaten to death by some people in a tea garden in Assam's Charaideo district today, police said.
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In Assam's Tea Country: Where Tea And History Make For That Perfect Blend
An immersive journey into the fascinating realm of the world-famous Assam Tea at one of the state's most historic estates proves an eye-opening experience for a recent tea-drinking convert.
-
What Oxfam India's Study Reveals About Assam's Tea Workers
Only 39 percent of Assam's tea garden workers are permanent while 61 percent are contractual labourers, a study by Oxfam India said.
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Hit Hard In 2nd Covid Wave, 1% Of Assam Tea Workers Have Got Both Jabs
The drive to vaccinate tea garden workers in Assam, which is among the groups hardest hit in the second wave of Covid infections in the state, is progressing at a slow pace.
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Assam Tea Estates See Over 300% Spike In Covid Cases In Last 10 Days
At Keyhung tea estate in Assam's Tinsukia district, Manju Tanti, a 47-year-old worker, sings to herself to keep her spirits high as she goes about plucking tea leaves.
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High Court Seeks Assam Government Reply On Covid Situation In Tea Estates
The Gauhati High Court has sought a written reply from the state government on Covid-19 situation in the tea estates before May 31. Many people working at Assam's tea estates have got infected amid India's fight against a deadly Covid wave.
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1 Year Of Notes Ban: Being Cashless A Distant Dream In Assam Tea Gardens
A year ago, when the government announced its demonetisation move, one of the major decisions taken was to bring Assam's tea industry under digital pay, creating scope of financial inclusion of about 10 lakh tea garden workers.
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Assam's Tea Workers Pick The Right Time For a Big Wish
Tea workers are part of the Other Backward Castes or lower caste groups which are entitled to 27% of state jobs and places in colleges. But they say this is a crowded space, leaving them with a negligible share, and want an "upgrade" to Schedule Tribe status.
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A tea estate, bloodied by murder, waits for answers
Among upper Assam's many tea estates, the Kunapathar Tea Estate was known till recently mainly for its sheer size of 1,000 acres. Then, in December, in the middle of a sunny afternoon, a mob armed with bows and arrows tore its way into the house, attacked the owners, and then set the sprawling five-bedroom home on fire.
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Assam: 21 cholera deaths in tea estates
Twenty people have died of cholera in the last one month in Assam's Sonitpur district and considering that the deaths have been reported from some of the affluent tea estates, questions are being raised about the living conditions of tea workers in these gardens. Assam's Bagmari tea estate's labour colony is filled with squalor and filth. Even...
