(a)whether the Government is aware of thousands of tea plantation workers getting low wages and facing job insecurity and malnutrition in the country;
(b)if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
(c)the action/remedial measures taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL, MINES, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)
(a) & (b): The tea plantation workers are paid wages as per the negotiated agreement reached through a process of collective bargaining between the producer associations and workers unions. The current wages being paid (Rs./day) in the major four tea growing states as per the said agreements are as under:
Year Assam# West Bengal# Tamil Nadu Kerala 2014 95.00 95.00 209.27 216.53 #paid part of wages in kind by way of food grains and fuel