production of tea in Assam was 629.1 thousand tonnes in 2013. The tea industry in Assam also provided average daily employment to more than 6.86 lakh persons in the State, which

The Tea-garden community is a term for a multiethnic, multicultural group of tea garden workers and their descendants in Northeast India (formerly the Assam province). They are primarily concentrated in the modern state of Assam , where they have been notified as Other Backward Classes (OBC) and are loosely referred to as Tea Tribes .

2025年1月20日 · From the colonial era to this day, the majority of tea-garden workers in Assam have belonged to tribal communities from central and east India (present-day Jharkhand, Bihar, Bengal, Odisha and Chhattisgarh) such as the Santhal, Oraon, Munda, Kharia, Kharowar, Mahali, Gond, Ho and Sora. In India’s 2015 National Commission for Backward Classes ...

In Assam, those who work in tea gardens are held in high regard as a great labour force. However their socioeconomic situation is not up to their satisfaction. They also have a more limited scope of educational opportunities.

2023年7月24日 · In the early 19th century, the British colonists brought in to Assam, workers from the tribal belts of eastern, southern and central India in large numbers for the commercial cultivation of the...

2024年1月24日 · Immigrant labor, primarily from central India and other parts of the subcontinent, flocked to Assam to work in the burgeoning tea estates. The labor-intensive nature of tea cultivation and processing contributed to the establishment of a unique socio-cultural dynamic that still echoes through the region today.

It examines the constraints, challenges and prospects related to decent work for tea plantation workers in Assam. The report was led by Principal Investigator Dr. Debdulal Saha along with a core team of researchers and assistants.

To cultivate and pluck tea leaves, a huge number of labors are required. The process of mobilizing labors started soon after the state deemed fit for tea plantation during the British Raj. A large number of workers are employed in the tea estates of Assam. But the conditions of the labors are very hard and painful.

2021年12月1日 · Assam tea industry is India’s largest tea industry and second largest tea production region in the world after China.About 17% of the workers of Assam are engaged in the tea industry.

To cultivate and pluck tea leaves, a huge number of labors are required. The process of mobilizing labors started soon after the state deemed fit for tea plantation during the British Raj. A large number of workers are employed in the tea estates of Assam. But the conditions of the labors are very hard and painful.