Gogoi writes to PM, urges Rs 5,568 cr aid for tea garden Read more at: http://www.oneindia.com/india/gogoi-writes-to-pm-urges-rs-5568-cr-aid-for-tea-garden-workers-2021172.html

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Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce a multi- sectoral special package, including financial assistance of Rs 5568.80 crore, for the socio-economic uplift of tea garden community of the state. Gogoi requested Modi to issue necessary directions for providing financial assistance for over-all socio-economic development of the tea garden workers, amending the Plantation Labour Act 1951 and providing monthly 12,590 MT of additional food grain to tea garden workers at subsidised rates.