Oxfam India is working in seven districts of Assam—Biswanath, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Lakhimpur, Tezpur, Golaghat and Sivasagar.

The minimum wage before the Rs 50 interim hike was Rs 167 a day. On Friday, BJP MP Pallab Lochan Das told the media that the workers would ...

The initiative focuses on enhancing awareness related to COVID-19, amongst the tea-plantation workers and local communities and help them t...

The programme has covered 458 districts across India covering skills ranging from carpet weavers in Rajasthan, tea plantation workers in We...

Upasi has made it clear that the demand for a daily basic wage of Rs 500 by the tea plantation workers of Kerala is not feasible given pres...

Upasi president Vijayan Rajes said the wages added with statutory and other benefits work out to Rs 410.72 per day.

Munnar-based company Kannan Devan Hills Plantation today said it was incurring "huge loss on a daily basis" due to the ongoing strike by it...

Labour Minister said that the bill will will provide interest subvention and matching grants to the employers of tea gardens as soft loan.

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

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."

As the first flush of prized Darjeeling tea nears harvest this spring, workers in fair-trade tea plantations there are still waiting for a ...

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

Five years ago, Tata Tea handed control of its loss-making tea plantations to its workers. Today, they are flourishing and are being portra...

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

The shareholding pattern of Amalgamated Plantations (APPL), the new company formed by Tata Tea after restructuring its North Indian Plantat...

Tea Board has banned plucking of tea leaves using knives from March 10 with a view to improve the quality of tea produced in several estate...