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What Oxfam India's Study Reveals About Assam's Tea Workers
Only 39 percent of Assam's tea garden workers are permanent while 61 percent are contractual labourers, a study by Oxfam India said.
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In A First, Assam To Open More Than 100 High Schools At Tea Gardens
In a first, Assam is coming up with more than 100 high schools at tea gardens across the state to improve literacy and control dropout rate within the tea garden labour community, the state government has said.
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In Assam Tea Gardens Hit By Tragedy, Free Liquor May Return Before Polls
Bablu Bhumiji, a 55-year-old labour sardar at the Halmira tea estate, is a worried man. As many as 47 of the 160 labourers killed in the February hooch tragedy used to work under him, and the upcoming elections looks set to bring truckloads of liquor to his doorstep again.
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Always Paid In Cash, Bengal Tea Garden Workers Open First Bank Accounts
The cash ban has hit the livelihood of tea garden workers in north Bengal. Their salaries were paid in cash earlier, but after the currency ban, the centre's labour department has insisted that bank accounts be opened for tea garden workers.
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PM Modi 'Bulldozed' Rights Of Tea Garden Workers In Assam: Brinda Karat
Ridiculing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "chaiwala" tag, CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat today said he had "bulldozed" the rights of tea garden labourers in Assam.
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Dibrugarh: 186 children take ill after mid-day meal
Altogether 186 children were on Monday admitted to hospital after having mid-day meal at their school in Assam's Dibrugarh district, official sources said.The students of tea garden labourers were served the meal around 1 pm and immediately after 30 of them fainted and 156 others complained of dizziness. They were rushed to the Barbarua primary hea...
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What Oxfam India's Study Reveals About Assam's Tea Workers
Only 39 percent of Assam's tea garden workers are permanent while 61 percent are contractual labourers, a study by Oxfam India said.
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In A First, Assam To Open More Than 100 High Schools At Tea Gardens
In a first, Assam is coming up with more than 100 high schools at tea gardens across the state to improve literacy and control dropout rate within the tea garden labour community, the state government has said.
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In Assam Tea Gardens Hit By Tragedy, Free Liquor May Return Before Polls
Bablu Bhumiji, a 55-year-old labour sardar at the Halmira tea estate, is a worried man. As many as 47 of the 160 labourers killed in the February hooch tragedy used to work under him, and the upcoming elections looks set to bring truckloads of liquor to his doorstep again.
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Always Paid In Cash, Bengal Tea Garden Workers Open First Bank Accounts
The cash ban has hit the livelihood of tea garden workers in north Bengal. Their salaries were paid in cash earlier, but after the currency ban, the centre's labour department has insisted that bank accounts be opened for tea garden workers.
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PM Modi 'Bulldozed' Rights Of Tea Garden Workers In Assam: Brinda Karat
Ridiculing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "chaiwala" tag, CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat today said he had "bulldozed" the rights of tea garden labourers in Assam.
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Dibrugarh: 186 children take ill after mid-day meal
Altogether 186 children were on Monday admitted to hospital after having mid-day meal at their school in Assam's Dibrugarh district, official sources said.The students of tea garden labourers were served the meal around 1 pm and immediately after 30 of them fainted and 156 others complained of dizziness. They were rushed to the Barbarua primary hea...
