The Tea Board, in session with the Ministry of Commerce, is engaged on evolving the finer details of a scheme aimed on the welfare of tea workers, particularly women and kids in Assam and West Bengal.
In the newest Budget, the Finance Minister had proposed to present ₹1,000 crore for the welfare of tea backyard workers and stated {that a} particular scheme can be devised for the identical.
The details of the scheme and will likely be shortly submitted earlier than the Department of Commerce, for implementation, the Board stated in a press assertion.
The broad contours of the scheme will embody well being, training and talent improvement, and goals to considerably improve the standard of life of the women workers and assist in capability constructing of their dependents by infusing ample abilities.
Women represent almost 50 per cent of the overall workforce in tea gardens. They deftly accomplish a whole gamut of actions — starting from nursery to planting, mentioning younger saplings, plucking, pruning and manufacturing in the manufacturing facility.
“The proposed scheme will considerably incentivise the tea backyard workers, particularly women labourers, and foster amongst them a sense of self reliance and an acknowledgement of their service,” the discharge stated.
Assam and West Bengal collectively contribute 81 per cent to the nation’s whole tea manufacturing (52 per cent by Assam and 29 per cent by West Bengal). There are 4.17 lakh women workers in Assam and a pair of.06 lakh women workers in West Bengal.
