Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
The Centre's move to demonetise high-value notes has created havoc in the tea industry. The weekly wages paid to labourers have more or less stopped since the announcement, particularly in states like West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. In the coming weeks, the situation may get worse. The Centre has asked banks in the tea-growing states to open accounts for all labourers by December 5, so that the garden administration can transfer salaries online from December 10 onwards. Both the garden workers' union and the owners feel that the deadline in too close, given the number of labourers.
