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Migrant workers in Malaysia win labor suit against GoodyearA Malaysian court on Thursday ruled in favour of 65 migrant workers who sued U.S. tiremaker, Goodyear, for underpaying them, their lawyer s...- Upasi calls for government support to tackle difficult times in South Indian plantationsWages, which constitute more than 50% of cost of plantation commodities, of tea, coffee and rubber workers have increased by 7.69, 9.72 and...
- 4.8 lakh skilled workers certified under PMKVYThe programme has covered 458 districts across India covering skills ranging from carpet weavers in Rajasthan, tea plantation workers in We...
- Association of Planters of Kerala urge state govt to abolish plantation tax and agricultural income taxThe association chairman Thomas Jacob said the crop production has come down by 30 per cent in tea, 14 per cent in rubber, 60 per cent in c...
- Rubber Board ties up with RSDC to certify skilled tappersRSDC is conducting training for the job roles of latex harvesting technician. The training is being conducted through 2314 rubber producer ...
- Government may provide market-linked insurance for plantation crops like tea and coffeeThe revenue insurance scheme for plantation crops, an official said, will be launched once the operational parameters are finalised by the ...
- Unhappy Kerala planters propose new wage planWith the prices of rubber and tea two main crops of the state continuing to keep low, the plantation sector has now agreed that 50 per cent...
- In addition to wage disputes, rains are fomenting trouble for Kerala plantationsUnlike tea or rubber, if the cardamom is not harvested now it will be damaged in the heavy downpour occurring in the state in the last seve...
- KDHP Munnar may stir up discontent in other tea estates like HML and AVT in KeralaWorkers of KDHP in Munnar ended their strike after 9 days, with the company agreeing to their demand for higher bonus, but repercussions ar...
- Rubber industry to see red-end after 78 years following sharpdecline in pricesFor the first time in several years, large rubber growers in Kerala are looking to end the fiscal in the red following a sharp decline in p...
- Plantation companies weigh tapping holiday in January to curb price fallMost small growers have stopped tapping as the prices touch Rs 113.50 per kg, a whopping fall of 42% in the last 16 months.
- 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."
- Tea vs rubber: Suspicion over move to amend the Tripura Land Reforms and Land Revenue Act, 1960Rubber versus tea, indigenous people versus the rest: a move to amend the Tripura Land Reforms and Land Revenue Act, 1960 is treated with s...
- Creating durable assets through rural employment: Rubber Board ties up with MGNREGARubber Board is turning to the rural employment guarantee programme to increase India’s natural rubber output from the present 9 million to...
- 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...
- ‘Rubber to turn surplus by 2012’In an interview to ET, Sheela Thomas, the new chairman of Rubber Board, said that the stress is now on new planting and replanting during t...
- Migrants land sops as labour shortage growsPlantation owners in Kerala and Punjab say that to retain the immigrant workforce, they will offer provident fund, gratuity and pension.
- Labour shortage cripples plantation sectorShortage of labour is now threatening to paralyse the plantation of south.
- Rubber Board seeks Rs 650 cr in 11th PlanThe Rubber Board has submitted a plan to the commerce ministry for integrated development of the rubber economy. The proposal, which envisa...
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