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Amid lockdown, tea industry seeks 50 pc workforce in Bengal gardens

A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee increased the limit of the workforce in tea gardens from 15 to 25 per cent amid the nationwide lockdown, the tea industry on Sunday urged the state government to gradually allow up to 50 per cent of the labourers in the plantations.

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The chief minister had first allowed the deployment of only 15 per cent of the workforce in the tea gardens, which she increased to 25 per cent on Saturday.

Welcoming the move, Arijit Raha, secretary general of the Indian Tea Association (ITA) told PTI, "The Consultative Committee on Plantation Associations (CCPA) made a representation to the government seeking to allow flexibility in operations within prescribed limits. The increased deployment will help in plucking and ancillary activities."

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