GUWAHATI: Assam on Friday enhanced the daily salary of tea workers by Rs 38 following consulting employees’ unions and backyard managements.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday held a meeting with representatives of Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha and additional tea bodies also talked about issues pertaining to wage fixation.
“The assembly chose to increase the daily percentage of tea employees by Rs 38.
For this, the java employees in the Brahmaputra Valley could get Rs 205 by the current Rs 167 and tea people from the Barak Valley could get Rs 183 in the present Rs 145,” a statement by the chief minister’s office stated.
The present daily wage is 167 in money.
Tea garden employees desired the daily commission to be improved to Rs 351 from Rs 137 according to the guarantee BJP had produced through campaigning in the 2016 assembly election.
However, later forming the government, it climbed the commission by just Rs 30 per cent 167 daily.
“Considering that the February 23 conclusion of the authorities of Assam to increase salaries of tea workers by Rs 50 was contested in HC, we believed it essential to discover a unique solution in the meantime.
Nowadays, we’ve produced a headway on this.
In accordance with employees unions and managements of households, we have agreed on upwards revision in salary of tea garden workers by Rs 38 to succeed from February 23,” he further added.
The Assam government had previously cancelled its telling that had raised daily salary of tea workers in the nation Rs 50, that was to be executed because of a court stay order.
“thus, the authorities following threadbare discussion together with all the tea bodies chose to increase the everyday salary to Rs 205 and Rs.
183.
Authentic to this government’s dedication and to the welfare of this tea garden workers, the authorities would increase the rest of the 12 after commencing consultations with all the stakeholders and assure assurance that an acceptable alternative is discovered very shortly,” that the CMO announcement .
The labor welfare division has formed a committee under terms of Section 5 (1) (a) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, using its own Assam amendment vide that the Assam Act, 1964, Section 2 effective from August 11, 1964, to get”mending and revisiting minimal salaries for garden employees.
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