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Karnataka govt issues order mandating one day menstrual leave per month for working womanKarnataka government has issued an order for one day paid menstrual leave each month. This applies to all working women aged 18 to 52. The ...- Only 39 per cent of workers can be considered as permanent workers in tea plantation sector in Assam: Oxfam IndiaOxfam India is working in seven districts of Assam—Biswanath, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Lakhimpur, Tezpur, Golaghat and Sivasagar.
- Govt to repeal Plantation Labour Act; tea industry concernedThe plantation sector included tea, rubber and coffee industries and the Act stipulates them to comply with providing drinking water, housi...
- Bengal Tea belt likely to face yet another major turmoilThe tea belt in northern WB is heading for turmoil after tea trade unions warned aggressive protests against proposed food grain distributi...
- 31 cases filed against tea garden owners for irregularitiesAssam govt said it has registered cases under Plantation Labour Act against number of tea garden owners for not implementing various scheme...
- Wages of tea workers in Assam revised to Rs 115 per dayThe tea industry of Assam valley was represented by five employers association and employees were represented by Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha.
- Workers movement may put high value ‘first flush’ tea under crisisRigidity of both employers and employees on own standpoint make situation highly detrimental to industry at busiest period of tea plantatio...
- Assam CM urges Deputy Commissioners to scrutinize Plantation labour actTea tribe constitutes 17 per cent of the State’s population and its support is crucial for forming the next government in 2016.
- Uncertainty in plantation workers wage revision brings in alternative schemeAfter over 5 rounds of formal and many informal meets, all inconclusive, the debate between workers and planters with state Governments in ...
- Stalemate in plantation workers wage settlement gets GoI interventionImportantly, people, apparently from diametrically opposite political corners, have joined hands to form the United forum.
- Sonia’s glare fails to silence impatient Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok SabhaSonia showed her irritation when Chowdhury did not allow labour minister to respond to his queries on hunger deaths of West Bengal.
- Government committed to revive sick tea gardens: Labour Minister Narendra Singh Tomar"We will do all possible to solve the problems of tea garden labourers in consultation with state governments."
- World Bank probes Tata tea project over worker abuse in IndiaProductivity targets are so difficult to meet, it said, that tea pickers engage other family members, including children, to receive a sing...
- Hind Mazdoor Sabha to pull up pending planation labour issuesHind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), one of the largest trade-union federations in India, is keen on pulling back many old issues pertaining to planta...
- Out of sight, out of mindIndia's plantation sector has level playing fields even during globalisation.
- Planters wary over labour shortage, rising costAcute labour shortage, increasing social cost have dampened the spirits of the planters.
- Plantation industry concerned over labour shortage, rising costAcute labour shortage, increasing social cost and the future implications of ASEAN free trade agreement have dampened the spirits of the pl...
- Govt approves amendment to Indian Plantation Labour ActGovernment today approved amendments in the Indian Plantation Labour Act, 1951 to provide a mechanism for ensuring their safety and welfare.
- Govt weighs tea cos safety net fundingThe government is examining the tea industry’s demand of bearing part of the expenses on social security for plantation workers which the i...
- Committee recommends imposition of additional excise duty on teaThe committee appointed by the Union government to study the social cost of tea gardens suggested imposition of an additional excise duty o...
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