Tea companies have urged the Assam government to address financial and legal implications for estate owners for the implementation of the amended Land Ceiling Act, under which land rights will be granted to workers to build houses within the garden areas, planters said.
The tea garden owners welcomed the government initiative but sought discussion to “iron out difficulties that may arise in granting land ownership to labourers within estates”, an industry source told PTI.
The garden owners are not opposed to transferring the labour quarters’ land to the workers, but the apprehensions and legal challenges have to be addressed, he said.
“The government should discuss the issues that have been brought to the fore by tea companies for implementing the new law. That is our only request,” the planter said.
The Consultative Committee of Plantation Associations (CCPA), an umbrella body of tea producers’ organisations, has already written to the state government over the challenges in …​Tea companies have urged the Assam government to address financial and legal implications for estate owners for the implementation of the amended Land Ceiling Act, under which land rights will be granted to workers to build houses within the garden areas, planters said.
The tea garden owners welcomed the government initiative but sought discussion to “iron out difficulties that may arise in granting land ownership to labourers within estates”, an industry source told PTI.
The garden owners are not opposed to transferring the labour quarters’ land to the workers, but the apprehensions and legal challenges have to be addressed, he said.
“The government should discuss the issues that have been brought to the fore by tea companies for implementing the new law. That is our only request,” the planter said.
The Consultative Committee of Plantation Associations (CCPA), an umbrella body of tea producers’ organisations, has already written to the state government over the challenges in … ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
