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Assam Government Hikes Daily Wage Of Tea Garden Workers By Rs 27

North East Today | 10/08/2022 08:50 PM | Click to read full article

The Assam Chief Minister – Himanta Biswa Sarma today announced that the state administration has hiked the daily wage of tea workers in the state by Rs 27.

Taking to Twitter, the Assam CM wrote “Happy to share that in a meeting with tea associations, it was decided to hike the workers’ wage by ₹27, thus raising their daily wage to ₹232 & ₹210 in Brahmaputra Valley & Barak Valley respectively. Also assured to raise Govt subsidy for orthodox tea from ₹7 to ₹10 per kg.”

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