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  Assam tea growers start No Sickles campaign for tea quality across state

  India | Jul 04, 2019, 09:34 AM IST

  Although Assam tea is known worldwide for its quality due to hand plucking of 'two leaves and a bud', some of the gardens have resorted to harvesting tea leaves with sickles (which is popularly known as kasi) affecting the quality of the tea.

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  Tea garden unions reject Bengal's proposal on wages

  India | Dec 23, 2014, 07:34 AM IST

  Siliguri: A joint forum of tea garden trade unions in northern West Bengal on Monday turned down the state government's proposal to accept the three-year agreement on wages.The forum at its meeting passed a resolution