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HOME & GARDEN 
December 27, 2016 Fast relief for garden – State rushes to get tea estate reopened to save face
Samsing Tea Estate. Picture by Biplab Basak Jalpaiguri, Dec. 24: The Bengal administration has intervened to reopen a Dooars tea garden within seven days of its closure because of alleged vandalism by a Trinamul-backed union. Sources said the administration showed unusual alacrity in fast-tracking negotiations to open Samsing Tea Estate, which employs 1,460 labourers, because […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
December 27, 2016 Banks Roll Out Mobile Mini ATMs In Assam Tea Gardens
Five Mini ATMs have been launched in Assam tea gardens following the cash crunch. DHEKIAJULI (ASSAM): HIGHLIGHTS Bank accounts have been opened for 15 lakh workers in tea gardens The mini ATMs of the UBI cater to 50 tea gardens a week Locals say it is too few, given there are 850 gardens in the […]
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NEWS 
December 27, 2016 Mobile Mini ATMs launched for tea gardens in Assam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for demonetisation has changed many things for a lot of people in the country. One of them being the way payments are being done in tea gardens of Assam. Right since the Britishers introduced tea plantation in Assam and brought the Adivasi tea garden workers from Chota Nagpur plateau, Odisha, […]
