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Horizon With Labour
As the Trinamool Congress-led state government, after enactment of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act 2000, has finally decided to recognise plantation of tea in new areas after 30 June 2001, Minister in Charge of Labour Department Moloy Ghatak has said that tea workers associated with Small Tea Gardens (STG) will be getting the daily-rated wages similar to those in registered tea gardens (RTG). It may be noted here that Minister Ghatak held a meeting with trade unions and planters here on 12 April and announced that tea workers in the RTG, who are getting Rs 232 a day will be getting Rs 250 a day, after giving them ‘interim relief’ of Rs 18 a day.
