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Tea garden workers: The deciding factor in Lok Sabha polls in Assam
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
As Assam gears up for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections unfolding in three phases, the focus intensifies on the tea garden workers, a significant voter base poised to influence the outcomes in at least three of the five constituencies contesting in the first phase.
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"BJP's guarantee is zero": WB CM accuses Centre of neglecting tea garden w
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack on the BJP during a rally in Alipurduar and criticized them for its failure to address the concerns of approximately 10 lakh tea garden labourers.
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WB: Ration scam should be probed by central agencies like CBI, says Adhir
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Commenting on the ration scam (Public Distribution System) in Bengal, he said on Saturday, "There are so many fake ration shops and fake ration cards and scams in mid-day-meal in West Bengal and it should be enquired by central agencies like CBI."
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Enough money to raise wages of MLAs but not pay tea workers their due: Smr
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Tearing into the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday accused it of not fulfilling its promises to the tea garden workers of the state, saying that though the state seems to have enough in its coffers when it comes to raising the monthly salarie
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Assam: Meeting held to discuss adequate wages for tea garden workers
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A state-level multi-stakeholder consultation on setting adequate wages for the tea plantation workers was organised jointly by the Assam Labour Department and International Labour Organization (ILO) at Administrative Staff College in Guwahati on Saturday.
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TMC's trade union wing misleading tea garden workers: Darjeeling BJP MP Ra
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
BJP eader and Darjeeling MP Raju Bista on Saturday launched a scathing attack at TMC's trade union functionaries for staging a sit-in with 'tea garden workers' in front of BJP legislators in North Bengal and said that they are misleading the workers.
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Tripura polls: BJP ticket for local tea-garden worker
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Dilip Tanti, a tea-garden worker in Tripura will contest from Kadamtala-Kurti constituency of North Tripura on party ticket.
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Assam raises daily wage for tea workers
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 10 (ANI): The Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam government has raised the daily wage for tea garden workers by Rs 27, over and above other benefits they are entitled to.
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Tripura govt announces hike in wages of tea garden workers by Rs 31
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], March 16 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday announced that the wages of tea garden workers will be increased from the existing Rs 105 to Rs 136, adding that the new payment structure will come into effect from April 2022.
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Tripura govt announces Rs 85 crore scheme for tea workers
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], March 10 (ANI): In an attempt to ensure social security of over 7,000 tea garden workers of Tripura, the state government has announced a special scheme named "Mukhyamantri Chaa Srami Kalyan Prakalpa".
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Assam CM announces implementation of 2-child norm for availing govt benefi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 20 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday (June 18) announced the gradual implementation of the two-child policy for availing government benefits in Assam. However, tea garden workers and members of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe comm
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Rahul Gandhi promises to hike wages of tea workers with money from Gujarat
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Sivasagar (Assam) [India], February 14 (ANI): Ahead of Assembly polls in Assam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Central government, saying Assam's tea garden workers have been getting Rs 167 per day wage while traders in Gujarat own tea gardens.
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