Workers missing from tea gardens of north Bengal and Assam
Submitted by rummykhan on Wed, 2011-09-28 18:21
Lured by the relatively high wage rate of Rs 130 per day under the central government's flagship rural job guarantee scheme, workers of the north Bengal and Assam tea gardens are giving regular work a miss. The tea industry is in the red, given that mid-June to October is the peak plucking season. Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS), rural workers are guaranteed 100 days of employment a year at Rs 130 per day.
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http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/workers-missing-tea-gardens-north-bengal-and-assam
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dte
Sep 28, 2011
Publication Date:
28/09/2011