The tea belt in northern WB is heading for turmoil after tea trade unions warned aggressive protests against proposed food grain distributi...

Assam govt said it has registered cases under Plantation Labour Act against number of tea garden owners for not implementing various scheme...

The tea industry of Assam valley was represented by five employers association and employees were represented by Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha.

Rigidity of both employers and employees on own standpoint make situation highly detrimental to industry at busiest period of tea plantatio...

Tea tribe constitutes 17 per cent of the State’s population and its support is crucial for forming the next government in 2016.

After over 5 rounds of formal and many informal meets, all inconclusive, the debate between workers and planters with state Governments in ...

Importantly, people, apparently from diametrically opposite political corners, have joined hands to form the United forum.

Sonia showed her irritation when Chowdhury did not allow labour minister to respond to his queries on hunger deaths of West Bengal.

"We will do all possible to solve the problems of tea garden labourers in consultation with state governments."

Productivity targets are so difficult to meet, it said, that tea pickers engage other family members, including children, to receive a sing...

Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), one of the largest trade-union federations in India, is keen on pulling back many old issues pertaining to planta...

India's plantation sector has level playing fields even during globalisation.

Acute labour shortage, increasing social cost have dampened the spirits of the planters.

Acute labour shortage, increasing social cost and the future implications of ASEAN free trade agreement have dampened the spirits of the pl...

Government today approved amendments in the Indian Plantation Labour Act, 1951 to provide a mechanism for ensuring their safety and welfare.

The government is examining the tea industry’s demand of bearing part of the expenses on social security for plantation workers which the i...

The committee appointed by the Union government to study the social cost of tea gardens suggested imposition of an additional excise duty o...