tea industry
Proletariat to Precariat: The Changing Nature of Tea Workers of North Bengal
By: KAPIL TAMANG – The tea industry is a labour-intensive industry. The distinct form of production relation in the tea industry not only established itself but also established a social system for the tea workers (Bhowmik 1980). The tea industry has reproduced poverty and disadvantage position for workers generation after generation and succeeded in perpetuating…
Small-Scale Tea Economy and Arsla Organic Tea Cooperative A Grassroots Initiative of Khasi Tribes of Meghalaya, North-East India
By: ABDUL HANNAN, NITISH MONDAL – This paper is an attempt to explore the Small-Scale Tea Economies in North-East India. Of late, it is seen that most of the tribes in the North-East have engaged into tea cultivation. As per the Tea Board of India (2019), there are 110,422 Small Tea Growers (STGs) spread over…