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PM Modi Plucks Tea Leaves From Assam Garden, Interacts With Workers
PM Modi plucks tea leaves and discusses issues with workers in Assam.
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Mamata Banerjee Plucks Tea Leaves In Bengal, Dances With Garden Workers
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited a tea estate in Darjeeling district, plucked leaves along with workers besides talking to them.
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Minimum Wage Of Tea Garden Workers Hiked By Assam Government
The Assam government on Monday decided to hike the daily minimum wage of tea garden workers by Rs 18, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
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Assam Tea Workers To Be Included In Rural Job Guarantee Scheme
In a major decision that will benefit its largest vote bank, Assam's ruling BJP will include tea garden workers within MGNREGA to provide them with jobs in the winter.
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Assam Hikes Daily Wages Of Tea Garden Workers
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday held a meeting with representatives of Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha and other tea bodies and discussed issues pertaining to wage fixation.
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Assam Tea Garden Owners At "Liberty" To Decide On Wage Hike: High Court
Tea garden owners in Assam will have the "liberty" to decide if they want to follow the state government's order on raising wages for workers, the Gauhati High Court said in an interim order on Tuesday, days after saying no "coercive action" can be taken against them for not following it. The issue has become an important one for both the incumbent...
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Don't Take Coercive Action Against Tea Companies Over Wage Hike Order: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday said no "coercive action" should be taken against the tea companies for not complying with wage revision notification of tea garden workers in Assam, days after the Sarbananda Sonowal government issued an order on the wage hike.
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Finance Minister Distributes Rs 224 crore Among Assam Tea Garden Workers
Ahead of the assembly polls in Assam, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today distributed Rs 3,000 each to 7.47 lakh tea garden workers in the state, totalling Rs 224 crore.
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Tea Garden Worker Arrested For Theft After 41 Years In Tripura
A 58-year-old man in Tripura, wanted for the last 41 years in a case of theft, has finally been arrested, the police said today.
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32 Tea Garden Workers Dead After Consuming Toxic Liquor In Assam
At least 32 tea plantation workers, including nine women, died in Assam from drinking toxic illicit liquor, while at least 50 have been admitted to a hospital. Four of them are critically-ill, a doctor said.
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Assam To Deposit Rs 2,500 in 7 Lakh Bank Accounts Of Tea Garden Workers
The Assam government on Wednesday announced that it would deposit Rs 2,500 each to over seven lakh bank accounts of tea garden workers that were opened just after the notes ban two years ago.
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Assam Plans Biometric Jan Dhan Debit Cards For Tea Garden Workers
The Assam government has directed all tea garden managements to take steps for opening bank accounts of its workers and make them e-payments - the deadline for this mammoth project ended this evening.
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Always Paid In Cash, Bengal Tea Garden Workers Open First Bank Accounts
The cash ban has hit the livelihood of tea garden workers in north Bengal. Their salaries were paid in cash earlier, but after the currency ban, the centre's labour department has insisted that bank accounts be opened for tea garden workers.
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Assam Tea Workers Await Tribal Status As Congress, BJP Fight For Their Vote
Discontent brews among Assam tea plantation workers over demand for tribal status as they have been promised the same by both the Congress and the BJP.
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North Bengal Tea Garden Workers Facing Hunger Death Promised Relief
In a move that could mean relief for 25,000 tea workers in north Bengal, the head of the Duncans Group, GP Goenka, met chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday and promised to reopen 14 tea gardens that had become non-functional since April. No time frame has been given, but Duncans will pay all dues and even open public kitchens for workers suffer...
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PM Modi Plucks Tea Leaves From Assam Garden, Interacts With Workers
PM Modi plucks tea leaves and discusses issues with workers in Assam.
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Mamata Banerjee Plucks Tea Leaves In Bengal, Dances With Garden Workers
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited a tea estate in Darjeeling district, plucked leaves along with workers besides talking to them.
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Minimum Wage Of Tea Garden Workers Hiked By Assam Government
The Assam government on Monday decided to hike the daily minimum wage of tea garden workers by Rs 18, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
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Assam Tea Workers To Be Included In Rural Job Guarantee Scheme
In a major decision that will benefit its largest vote bank, Assam's ruling BJP will include tea garden workers within MGNREGA to provide them with jobs in the winter.
-
Assam Hikes Daily Wages Of Tea Garden Workers
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday held a meeting with representatives of Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha and other tea bodies and discussed issues pertaining to wage fixation.
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Assam Tea Garden Owners At "Liberty" To Decide On Wage Hike: High Court
Tea garden owners in Assam will have the "liberty" to decide if they want to follow the state government's order on raising wages for workers, the Gauhati High Court said in an interim order on Tuesday, days after saying no "coercive action" can be taken against them for not following it. The issue has become an important one for both the incumbent...
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Don't Take Coercive Action Against Tea Companies Over Wage Hike Order: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday said no "coercive action" should be taken against the tea companies for not complying with wage revision notification of tea garden workers in Assam, days after the Sarbananda Sonowal government issued an order on the wage hike.
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Finance Minister Distributes Rs 224 crore Among Assam Tea Garden Workers
Ahead of the assembly polls in Assam, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today distributed Rs 3,000 each to 7.47 lakh tea garden workers in the state, totalling Rs 224 crore.
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Tea Garden Worker Arrested For Theft After 41 Years In Tripura
A 58-year-old man in Tripura, wanted for the last 41 years in a case of theft, has finally been arrested, the police said today.
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32 Tea Garden Workers Dead After Consuming Toxic Liquor In Assam
At least 32 tea plantation workers, including nine women, died in Assam from drinking toxic illicit liquor, while at least 50 have been admitted to a hospital. Four of them are critically-ill, a doctor said.
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Assam To Deposit Rs 2,500 in 7 Lakh Bank Accounts Of Tea Garden Workers
The Assam government on Wednesday announced that it would deposit Rs 2,500 each to over seven lakh bank accounts of tea garden workers that were opened just after the notes ban two years ago.
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Assam Plans Biometric Jan Dhan Debit Cards For Tea Garden Workers
The Assam government has directed all tea garden managements to take steps for opening bank accounts of its workers and make them e-payments - the deadline for this mammoth project ended this evening.
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Always Paid In Cash, Bengal Tea Garden Workers Open First Bank Accounts
The cash ban has hit the livelihood of tea garden workers in north Bengal. Their salaries were paid in cash earlier, but after the currency ban, the centre's labour department has insisted that bank accounts be opened for tea garden workers.
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Assam Tea Workers Await Tribal Status As Congress, BJP Fight For Their Vote
Discontent brews among Assam tea plantation workers over demand for tribal status as they have been promised the same by both the Congress and the BJP.
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North Bengal Tea Garden Workers Facing Hunger Death Promised Relief
In a move that could mean relief for 25,000 tea workers in north Bengal, the head of the Duncans Group, GP Goenka, met chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday and promised to reopen 14 tea gardens that had become non-functional since April. No time frame has been given, but Duncans will pay all dues and even open public kitchens for workers suffer...
