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Trouble brewing for tea planters in struggling India
In Assam a fifth generation planter says tea is a rough business as costs rise and insurgency disrupts production. Global competition and a $320 million revival package fail to restore profits across a landscape where planters now juggle wartime security, micro producers, and layoffs. Laborers earn about $1.25 daily with housing and food subsidies while thousands lose work when estates close.
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Dibrugar
India
Assam
Manoj Jalan
Jalan
China
Vietnam
Kenya
Britain
United Liberation Front of
Asom
Europe
Calcutta
New Delhi
Burra Sahib
Lakhi Tauri
Paban Singh
Assam Tea Workers’ Organization
Soviet Union
Basudeb Banerjee
Tea Board of India
D.N. Boruah