As one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of tea, India’s
tea industry employs more than 1,2 million people. Two regions, Assam and West
Bengal, together produce over 70% of India’s tea and are also home to the worst
working conditions for tea plantation workers in the country. In sharp contrast
to the images of tranquil, lush, green tea gardens, with which consumers are
presented, tea plantation workers are paid poverty wages and endure appalling
working conditions. Women, who make up 70% of the workforce, are especially
affected. This report is the outcome of a fact-finding mission conducted in
Assam and West Bengal on behalf of the Global Network for the Right to Food and
Nutrition(GNRTFN). It
investigates and analyses allegations of serious abuses of human rights on
India’s tea plantations, in particular how poor working
conditions undermine the human right to food and nutrition (RTFN) and related
rights.
The full report can be accessed at the Scribid site:
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