As you already aware, tea was first discovered in China about 5000 years back. Tea plant is also native to Assam region in North East India. Even there is a separate jat called Camellia sinensis assamica. Although tea was commercialized in India by Brits in 19th century, I am quite certain that the local community must be knowing great health and functional benefits of tea for generations. By the way Durga Puja, also called Durgotsava, is an annual Hindu festival in the Indian subcontinent that reveres the Hindu goddess Durga which is about to commence from 04th October on wards. As The Sentinel had reported, the Dibrugarh district administration has asked tea estate owners to grant puja bonus to estate workers by September 20.

The tea estate owners had been asked to announce the “quantum” of puja bonus before September 5 during a tripartite meeting held on Aug 28 which was chaired by additional deputy commissioner Sanjay Dutta. Representatives of the Assam Branch Indian Tea Association (ABITA), Assam Tea Planters Association (ATPA), Tea Association of India (TAI), Bharatiya Chah Parishad (BCP) and North-Eastern Tea Association (NETA), Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS) and Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (ATTSA) participated this important discussion. The bonus will be transferred directly to the bank accounts of tea workers.

Dibrugarh district has got the highest number of registered tea gardens in Assam. Out of the total 803 registered tea gardens in the state, Dibrugarh tops the list with 177 tea estates, followed by Tinsukia (122), Jorhat (88), Sivasagar (85) and Golaghat (74).

As Kanpai Das, The Dibrugarh Assistant Labour Commissioner mentioned, “We have asked the tea garden owners to announce the percentage of puja bonus before September 5. They have also been asked to make the bonus payment by September 20 so that the workers get enough time to make their puja purchases. We want the whole bonus payment procedure to be without any issue,”

Last year, Indian tea industry giants like Goodricke, Mcleod Russel, Andrew Yule, James Warren, Grob, Dhunsiri, Stuart Holl, MK Shah Exports, Tata (Amalgamated Plantations), Warren, Apeejay and Russel had all paid the maximum amount of bonus to estate workers.

Tea is a Heavenly Brew ! So who knows this Bonus might be a gift from God.

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1.Original Post: https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/tea-garden-owners-asked-to-pay-puja-bonus-upto-20-by-sep-20/