Note ban: How a tea estate in Bengal paid its workers

November 30, 2016 14:44

A tea garden in Alipurduar, where workers' wages are pending since November 15, has worked a way out for cash payments using the bank accounts of some employees. While the process is an instance of collaboration by the garden, the bank and political leaders to address workers' woes, it will still not sort out the pay problem for Majherdabri tea estate entirely. At the crux of the problem is a permission that the Bank of India branch in Alipuduar has not received from senior officials of the bank to release funds to the Majherdabri management under a pay formula given by the RBI. Read more

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