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The Assam Tea Tribes Students Association (ATTSA) has demanded the State government to fix Rs 351 as the minimum wage for the tea garden workers.

The Congress party feels that it is a rather harsh gift by the BJP government meted out to the tea workers for one mistake of voting for BJP. It is no doubt a rude shock for the simple tea workers to believe in the false promises of the BJP and the Congress feels that this is a lesson for others to learn as well, it said.

Notification on Enhancing Daily Wage of Tea Workers in Assam by Rs 50 Stands Cancelled The Labour Welfare Department, through a notification on May 26 has cancelled its earlier notification which had enhanced the daily wage of tea garden workers.   |  28 May 2021 10:35 AM GMT Wage of Tea Workers in Assam: The Assam state government who have earlier in a notification announced to increase the daily wage of tea garden workers in the state by Rs. 50, now stands cancelled. According to reports, ...

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ATTSA president Dhiraj Gowala said that government has failed to address problems of tea workers. "The government has given lollipop to the tea workers by hiking the wage to Rs 217. Additional Rs 50 was hiked by the government. We are demanding Rs 351 daily wage hike," he said.

Assam: High Court asks govt not to take any coercive action against the tea companies SECTIONS Share Synopsis Recently BJP led government in Assam has increased the daily wages of tea workers from Rs 167 to Rs 217. Agencies Gauhati high court has asked not to take any coercive action against the tea companies and an association for not complying with wage revision notification of tea workers in Assam. Recently BJP led government in Assam has increased the daily wages of tea workers from Rs 167...

Wages revision of tea workers is an election issue in Assam with opposition including congress attacking the BJP led government for deliberately delaying wage revision for the last several years. Assam is likely to go to assembly polls in April this year.

Union minister and BJP MP Smriti Irani on Tuesday dared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to "take out money" from the pockets of small tea traders of Gujarat and to contest elections from the state if he has "guts".

Union minister Smriti Irani. (file photo) VANSDA: Union minister and BJP MP Smriti Irani on Tuesday dared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to "take out money" from the pockets of small tea traders of Gujarat and to contest elections from the state if he has "guts". She also alleged the Congress "hatred and prejudice" towards Gujarat and its people was not new, "as Rahul Gandhi and his party had objected to the proposal to build the Statue of Unity in the memory of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujar...