Ensure bonus payment by October 5: Dispur to tea associations

The state government has directed that all tea associations in the state clear the payment of bonuses to all tea workers by October 5, just in time for Durga Puja. The government has stated unequivocally that any deviation from the provisions of the law in the payment of bonuses will be taken seriously.

The Labour Welfare Department has written letters to ABITA, Guwahati, Tea Association of India, Guwahati, ATPA, Jorhat, BCP, Dibrugarh, NETA, Golaghat, SVB, India Tea Association, Silchar, and Tea Association, Silchar, requesting that tea garden management pay tea garden workers bonuses.