Tea workers will now be given Rs 250 a day, as against the Rs 232 the daily rated workers had been drawing. Minister Ghatak said the state government will issue a notification to this effect soon.
Demanding Minimum Wages Act to be implemented in tea gardens of the Hills, the Dooars and the Terai, the around 23 trade unions, in a meeting in Darjeeling, have decided to launch a series of programmes.