Assam Assembly polls | Pay revised wages to workers, Himanta tells tea companies
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly polls | Pay revised wages to workers, Himanta tells tea companies

The Hindu  

Assam Finance Minister and BJP’s chief poll strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday warned tea estate owners to pay daily wages to their workers at the revised rate or face the music. We revised it to ₹217 but a few tea garden owners went to the High Court against the revision in connivance with the Congress,” he told a crowd largely comprising tea plantation workers. Reacting to the accusation, the Congress said the BJP had been under pressure ever since Rahul Gandhi promised the tea plantation workers ₹365 as daily wage if the Mahajot or grand alliance came to power. The party is now threatening the tea companies after Rahul Gandhi said the Congress will give them the promised wage within 6 hours of forming government in Assam,” Congress leader Bobbeeta Sharma said.

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Will Pay Tea Garden Workers' Dues Of Rs. 70 Crores Within Two Years: Assam Tells Supreme Court
1 month ago

Will Pay Tea Garden Workers' Dues Of Rs. 70 Crores Within Two Years: Assam Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Assam government to file an affidavit detailing its plan to pay the balance dues of Rs. Justice Oka had emphasized the state's duty as a welfare state and urged the state to present a viable payment scheme, warning that the Court might order the sale of ATCL's assets if the government failed to …

State assures SC ₹70 cr payment to Assam Tea Corp workers over two financial years
1 month ago

State assures SC ₹70 cr payment to Assam Tea Corp workers over two financial years

Hindustan Times  

Faced with the Supreme Court’s stern warning about selling off Assam Tea Corporation Limited’s assets to clear worker dues, the Assam government on Monday assured the court that it would pay ₹70 crore to the workers over the next two financial years. “On instructions, senior counsel Nalin Kohli states that the amount of ₹70 crore will be paid within the …

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says Congress now a ‘completely’ Muslim party in Assam
7 months, 1 week ago

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says Congress now a ‘completely’ Muslim party in Assam

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha election in Assam over three phases saw the Muslims swing from the All India United Democratic Front to the Congress, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Saying that the Congress has “completely” become a Muslim party, he said the party’s vote share did not increase at the cost of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Mr. Sarma said the …

Aurangzeb was not guest in Assam...: Himanta Sarma hits back at 'coward' Kejriwal for tea invite
1 year, 9 months ago

Aurangzeb was not guest in Assam...: Himanta Sarma hits back at 'coward' Kejriwal for tea invite

India Today  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma has responded to his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal's invitation for tea and lunch at his residence in the national capital. WAR OF WORDS CONTINUE Addressing his first political rally in Assam, Kejriwal slammed Himanta Biswa Sarma for his warning on a remark inside the Delhi Assembly, saying open threats don't befit a chief minister. ASKS …

Assam CM distributes ₹12.96 crore compensation to Doloo tea garden workers
2 years, 1 month ago

Assam CM distributes ₹12.96 crore compensation to Doloo tea garden workers

Hindustan Times  

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday distributed ₹100,000 each to 1,296 families living in the Doloo tea garden in Cachar district as gratitude for supporting the government in acquiring land for a proposed Greenfield airport. Assam CM distributes ₹ 12.96 crore compensation to Doloo tea garden workers The state government acquired over 325 hectares of land from the …

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma distributes cheques of ₹1 lakh each among Cachar tea estate families
2 years, 1 month ago

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma distributes cheques of ₹1 lakh each among Cachar tea estate families

The Hindu  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has handed over cheques of ₹1 lakh each to 1,296 families residing at Cachar district's Doloo Tea Estate, which got mired in controversies earlier in the year over land acquisition for a greenfield airport. According to a statement from the Chief Minister's office, the cheques were distributed at a function in Silchar on Tuesday …

Assam small tea growers resent hike in workers’ wages
2 years, 4 months ago

Assam small tea growers resent hike in workers’ wages

The Hindu  

Small tea growers in Assam have resented the State government’s “unilateral” decision to increase the daily wage of plantation workers across gardens big and small to ₹232. The All Assam Small Tea Growers’ Association said equating them with large gardens was an injustice on the part of the government. Government not extending subsidies: team growers’ body Assam has about 1.22 …

Independence Day Gift to Tea Workers, Assam Govt Hikes Daily Wages by Rs 27
2 years, 5 months ago

Independence Day Gift to Tea Workers, Assam Govt Hikes Daily Wages by Rs 27

News 18  

In a good news for around 10 lakhs tea garden workers of Assam ahead of the Independence Day, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government on Wednesday decided to increase their daily wages by Rs 27. In a meeting with tea garden managements and workers’ union, it was decided to increase their daily wage by ₹27 over and above ration and …

Assam hikes daily wages of tea garden workers by ₹27
2 years, 5 months ago

Assam hikes daily wages of tea garden workers by ₹27

The Hindu  

The daily wages of tea garden workers in Assam were hiked by ₹27, the second increase in such payments since the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government came to power in the State in May last year, an official said on August 9. Mr. Sarma said welfare of tea garden workers has always been his government's top priority. He said the cash …

Tea Workers Remain Loyal to BJP, Minorities to Congr-AIUDF in Assam Polls
3 years, 8 months ago

Tea Workers Remain Loyal to BJP, Minorities to Congr-AIUDF in Assam Polls

News 18  

Tea garden workers and minorities, the two dominant vote banks in Assam have remained loyal to the BJP-led alliance and Congress-AIUDF respectively in the 2021 assembly polls. A snubbed Congress had made all-out effort to regain its lost ground this time with its election campaign focusing on increasing the daily wages of tea garden workers to Rs 365 from the …

This election season, there’s a storm brewing in Assam’s tea gardens
3 years, 9 months ago

This election season, there’s a storm brewing in Assam’s tea gardens

Live Mint  

Six years ago, when Thomas Kerketta visited Garih Jharia Maria, his ancestral village in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district, everyone treated him as an outsider. At his campaign rally in Dhekiajuli in the first week of February, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of his government’s goodwill measures for tea-garden workers, even cautioning them against an “international conspiracy” to malign the Indian tea …

Assam Election: First Phase of Polling Could Decide Final Result
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Election: First Phase of Polling Could Decide Final Result

The Quint  

Upper and North Assam has a comparatively lower population of Bengali-speaking voters and a higher concentration of ethnic Assamese voters, tea tribes and plain tribes like Misings and Sonowal Cacharis. But the BJP government's failure to fulfill its promise of providing Rs 351 per day wage to tea garden workers has left many dissatisfied. Three of the Congress' most prominent …

Spotlight on Assam's tea garden districts as first phase of campaigning ends; Opposition bets on CAA, BJP offers NRC correction
3 years, 9 months ago

Spotlight on Assam's tea garden districts as first phase of campaigning ends; Opposition bets on CAA, BJP offers NRC correction

Firstpost  

A total of 47 seats will go to polls on 27 March, which will decide the fate of 264 candidates, including Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Congress’ Debabrata Saikia and Ripun Bora, jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi and Assam Jatiya Parishad president Lurinjyoti Gogoi The high-pitched campaign for the first phase of the Assam election ended on Thursday with polling set …

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Political parties in Assam go all out to woo tea garden workers
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Political parties in Assam go all out to woo tea garden workers

The Hindu  

Assam's tea garden workers are being wooed by political parties of all shades with promises of sops galore, as they comprise a hefty share of the State's electorate. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made particular efforts to woo the community with both visiting tea gardens and enjoying a cups of tea and lunch with tea garden worke₹The …

It is BJP’s failures vs Congress’ guarantees in Assam
3 years, 9 months ago

It is BJP’s failures vs Congress’ guarantees in Assam

The Hindu  

THE issues of raised by the Congress-led eight-party alliance of opposition parties—such as such as unemployment and price rise—have become the talking points in Assam, heightening the level of discomfort for the Bharatiya Janata Party -led ruling alliance ahead of the three-phase Assembly election beginning March 27. The Congress has accused the BJP of going back on its electoral promises …

Assam Assembly election: Congress-AIUDF Mahajoth is 'mahajooth', says Narendra Modi
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly election: Congress-AIUDF Mahajoth is 'mahajooth', says Narendra Modi

Firstpost  

Bihpuria/Sipajhar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called upon the people of Assam to beware of the Congress-AIUDF ‘Mahajoth’ as it is a ‘Mahajhoot’. “I have come to awaken you to the fact that Congress’s hand is with those forces that are a danger to the state’s identity and culture,” Modi said. “With the people’s increasing trust in the BJP …

Amid parties’ bid to woo tea-tribes, a legal battle
3 years, 9 months ago

Amid parties’ bid to woo tea-tribes, a legal battle

Hindustan Times  

On Tuesday, the Gauhati High Court directed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Assam not to take coercive action against tea garden owners over non-compliance of a recent governmentorder regarding increase in daily wages of tea-garden workers in the state. The order follows another by the court on March 8 staying a government order issued on February 23 raising daily …

Tea Garden Owners Free To Decide If They Want To Implement Govt's Order Increasing Assam Tea Workers' Wage: Gauhati High Court
3 years, 9 months ago

Tea Garden Owners Free To Decide If They Want To Implement Govt's Order Increasing Assam Tea Workers' Wage: Gauhati High Court

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday granted interim relief to the Tea Estate owners in the State of Assam by giving them the 'liberty' to decide if they wish to comply with the State Government's last month Notification directing them to give enhanced wages to tea workers. Earlier, on 08th March, the Court had restrained the State government from taking …

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Leaflet seeks answers from BJP in Assam tea gardens
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Leaflet seeks answers from BJP in Assam tea gardens

The Hindu  

Has the BJP given you Scheduled Tribe status? The only reason that the questions are aimed at the BJP is that the party has been in power for five years along with its associates and the tea workers largely voted for them for the promised ‘parivartan’ and ‘achche din’,” AAASA president Stephen Lakra told The Hindu on Wednesday. “The idea …

No wage hike in Assam tea gardens for now, says Gauhati High Court
3 years, 9 months ago

No wage hike in Assam tea gardens for now, says Gauhati High Court

The Hindu  

The Gauhati High Court has given tea estate owners in Assam the “liberty” to decide if they want to follow the State government’s order on increasing the daily wages of plantation workers by ₹50. Hearing a petition of the Indian Tea Association and 17 tea companies for staying the wage hike, Justice Michael Zothankhuma on March 16 said the interim …

Congress announces list of 40 candidates for Assam assembly polls
3 years, 10 months ago

Congress announces list of 40 candidates for Assam assembly polls

India Today  

Congress on Saturday released the first list of the party candidates for 40 assembly constituencies in the first phase of three-phase Assam assembly polls. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Ripun Bora will contest from Gohpur seat while six sitting MLAs of the party have also got party tickets. Former BJP MP Ram Prasad Sarma who joined Congress last year will …

Assam polls 2021: Priyanka Gandhi promises Rs 2,000 'grihini samman' to housewives, 5 lakh jobs
3 years, 10 months ago

Assam polls 2021: Priyanka Gandhi promises Rs 2,000 'grihini samman' to housewives, 5 lakh jobs

India TV News  

Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who is on a two-day Assam tour, on Tuesday promised that the grand old party will provide Rs 2,000 monthly allowance to housewives in the state if it forms the next government. Addressing a rally in Tezpur, Vadra said that the condition of tea garden workers has remained the same during the last five …

Assam polls 2021: Priyanka Vadra tries hand at plucking tea leaves in Biswanath - Video
3 years, 10 months ago

Assam polls 2021: Priyanka Vadra tries hand at plucking tea leaves in Biswanath - Video

India TV News  

Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who is on a two-day visit to poll-bound Assam was seen plucking tea leaves and interacting with tea garden workers in Biswanath. The video shows Priyanka taking instructions from tea garden workers on how to pluck tea leaves. Priyanka's visit to a tea garden assumes significance as the BJP government recently increased the daily …

BJP govt hikes daily wages of tea garden workers in Assam ahead of assembly polls
3 years, 10 months ago

BJP govt hikes daily wages of tea garden workers in Assam ahead of assembly polls

India TV News  

Ahead of the Assembly elections in Assam, the BJP-led state government on Saturday increased the daily wages of scores of tea garden workers from Rs 167 to Rs 217 per day, officials said. The officials said that the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has decided to increase the daily wages of tea garden workers from Rs 167 …

Assam govt provides financial assistance of Rs 3,000 each to over 7 lakh tea garden workers
3 years, 11 months ago

Assam govt provides financial assistance of Rs 3,000 each to over 7 lakh tea garden workers

India Today  

Ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in Assam, the BJP-led state government has provided financial assistance of Rs 3,000 each to around 7.47 lakh tea garden workers of the state. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday launched the 3rd phase of 'Chah Bagicha Dhan Puraskar Mela' programme in Guwahati, in which she distributed the third tranche of financial assistance to …

Assembly polls in four States find echo in Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget
3 years, 11 months ago

Assembly polls in four States find echo in Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget

The Hindu  

From Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman quoting verses from Rabindranath Tagore and Thiruvalluvar’s works to massive allocation of funds, the influence of the coming polls in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Assam was obvious on the Budget. Allocations per State The most obvious political aspect of the Budget was, of course, the allocations announced for these States — 1,100 …

Assam Tea Union Demand 20% Puja Bonus for Workers Ahead of Festival Season, Assembly Polls
4 years, 4 months ago

Assam Tea Union Demand 20% Puja Bonus for Workers Ahead of Festival Season, Assembly Polls

News 18  

The Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha, the biggest tea garden workers union of the state has demanded the tea industry to pay a maximum of 20 per cent bonus ahead of Durga Puja festival. “We have asked the industry to pay 20 per cent puja bonus and three weeks ahead of the festival. There has to be a middle way,” said …

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