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| Article Name : | | | SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION AND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF PLANTATION WORKERS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LEPETKOTA TEA ESTATE | | Author Name : | | | ACHYUT KRISHNA BORAH | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ISRJ-96 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | The most important aspects to control the status of Socio - economic Conditions of the tea Garden people and farmers' is the Cultivation of tea. Thus, on 15th Oct.' 2012 the Chief Minister of Assam, after a cabinet decision declared tea as a “State Drink” and apprised to give more importance for growth and development of tea industry in Assam. Tea Plantation and manufacturing is the major industry of Assam. It has the largest acreage under tea, producing the highest quantity and also employing the highest number of laborers. It accounts for the employment to two – third of industrial labor and forms nearly 43% of the net income of the industrial sector of Assam. The tea industry of Assam is the predominant industrial sector of the state playing an important role in the economy of Assam. It has been contributing substantially to the state income and to the national exchequer as well, in the shape of foreign exchange earnings through its exports every year. It has also been contributing its part to generate employment for skilled and unskilled workers. The tea industry of Assam has also been empowering women by giving them job opportunities. | | Keywords : | | - state drink
- socio-economic condition
- empowerment
- plantation
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