Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma meets with representatives of Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma yesterday held a meeting with representatives of Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha and other tea bodies and discussed issues pertaining to wage fixation. The meeting has decided to hike the daily wage of tea workers by Rs 38. With this hike, the tea workers in Brahmaputra Valley would get Rs 205 from the existing Rs 167 and tea workers of Barak Valley would get Rs



183 from the existing Rs 145. 

The meeting held at Guwahati this evening decided that in view of the long pending demands of the different tea bodies, the wage of the tea workers would henceforth be hiked to Rs 205 and Rs 183 with retrospective effect. The tea workers will get the increased wage with effect from 23rd of February.