Assam Tea Workers
Assam government decides to hike daily wage of tea workers by Rs 38
Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government on Friday decided to hike the daily wage of tea garden workers by Rs 38 which will come into effect from Feb 23 this year.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday held a meeting with the representatives of Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha and other tea bodies and discussed issues pertaining of wage fixation and the meeting decided to hike the daily wage of tea workers by Rs 38.
With this hike the tea workers in Brahmaputra Valley would get Rs 205 from the existing Rs 167 and tea workers of Barak Valley would get Rs 183 from the existing Rs 145.
Earlier, the previous BJP-led Assam government of former Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonwoal in its last cabinet meeting had hiked the daily wage of tea workers to Rs 217 by hiking Rs 50.
The BJP party had also taken up the hiking of daily wage of tea garden workers as a poll issue during last assembly polls in the state to woo tea garden voters.
But the tea garden owners associations moved to the Gauhati High Court and the decision could not be implemented.
Therefore, the government after threadbare discussion with the tea bodies following the demands of the tea workers decided to hike the daily wage to Rs 205 and Rs 183.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that, the government’s commitment and for the welfare of the tea garden workers, the state government will raise the remaining Rs 12 after initiating consultation with stake holders and exuded confidence that an acceptable solution will be found out very soon.
Minister Industries and Commerce Chandra Mohan Patowary Minister for Tea Tribe Welfare Sanjay Kisan, MP Pallab Lochan Das, MLA Rupesh Gowala, President Assam Chah Mazdoor SanghaPaban Singh Ghatowar, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Samir Kumar Sinha, several other representatives of the tea groups and other senior officials were present at the meeting.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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