Priyanka Neog
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Abstract
The tea planation workers of Assam, who were brought
to this part of India by the Britishers had undergone
and is undergoing untold miseries, misfortunes,
tortures, deprivation, and injustices. This community of
people are the backbone of the tea industry in Assam
producing more than half of the total tea produced in
the country and in turn boosting the country’s
economy. Unfortunately, this toiling class have been
exploited to a great extent, depriving them of availing
their basic minimum amenities of life. Because of such
negligence they have waged protest demanding their
due rights and privileges. The paper will delve into one
such demand of the workers i.e. the demand for
enlisting them in the Schedule Tribe Category, so that
they too can avail the affirmative remedy required for
their upliftment and emancipation.