Early in the morning, before the sun becomes sharp, rows of green bushes stretch across rolling hills. Mist hangs low, clinging to leaves that glisten with dew.

Unions in Assam say many workers are paid below minimum wage and live in poverty on the plantations where they work CHENNAI, India, Sept 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tens of thousands of tea ...

Assam has begun granting land ownership rights to tea garden workers, launching surveys and applications amid legal challenges.

The recent sellout agreement between Sri Lankan plantation unions and employers is part of a ruthless drive by the tea industry to boost profits by driving up productivity and destroying the limited ...

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Hundreds of tea estate workers surrounded the plantation owner’s home in India’s northeastern state of Assam and set it on fire over a labor dispute, killing him and his wife, ...

Dibrugarh: Hundreds of workers from the Hazelbank Tea Estate in Dibrugarh's Lahowal staged a protest on Monday after unidentified miscreants chopped down tea plants and assaulted an assistant manager ...

The World Bank should fulfill its commitment to protect workers through its investment in tea plantations in Assam, India, six Indian and international nongovernmental organizations said today. In ...

Women work in a tea plantation in Golaghat, India, on March 28, 2012 As one of the world’s most popular beverages (reportedly second only to water), the production of tea is immensely important. But ...

A study released by Geological Survey of India in June on geological potential of North East India said that Assam’s Jashora and Samchampi alkaline complexes located in Karbi Anglong district have ...