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.
This effectively means the tea estates can continue to pay ₹167 as the daily wage to their workers. Hearing a petition of the Indian Tea Association (ITA) and 17 tea companies for staying the wage hike, Justice Michael Zothankhuma on March 16 said the interim order passed more than a week ago “shall continue until further orders”.More Related News