The problems facing upper Assam's tea gardens are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore for workers like Bidesh Kamar and Sumitra Tanti. Recent floods disrupted work for weeks in the northeast ...

Guwahati: The Assam government is actively considering a proposal to make available tea at a subsidized rate to all ration card holders at a time when the plantation industry is celebrating a crucial ...

Deep in the tea belt of Assam, where emerald plantations stretch across five districts of northeastern India, a quiet ...

Though the Plantations Labour Act, 1951 makes it mandatory for tea estate (TE) managements to provide and maintain medical ...

In collaboration with Fairtrade Foundation and key industry stakeholders, the Lab undertook a market system analysis in Assam to understand the key working and living condition challenges on ...

The dependable quality of mass-market black tea masks a complex history of colonial plantations and industrial science.