ASSESSING THE NEED FOR LIVING WAGE BENCHMARK STUDIES FOR THE TEA SECTOR IN ASSAM AND WEST BENGAL

Kuriakose Mamkoottam () and Vidya Rangan ()
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Kuriakose Mamkoottam: Anker Research Institute
Vidya Rangan: ISEAL

No 23-05-08, Global Living Wage Coalition (GLWC) from Universidad Privada Boliviana

Abstract: There is clear recognition among all stakeholders that the current minimum wage levels for tea workers – in both Assam and West Bengal – are not adequate to support a decent life for workers and their families. There is also acknowledgement that if credible living wage estimation is done, substantial gaps will emerge between prevailing wages and living wage estimates (with the gap possibly higher in Assam than in West Bengal). However, a similar consensus of views does not exist regarding the need to undertake Anker Methodology living wage benchmark studies; nor, more significantly, on whether the tea industry is ready and willing to accept and implement recommendations to raise wages based on such benchmark studies.

Keywords: Living wage; living income; Anker Methodology; tea sector; West Bangal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J30 J50 J80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2023-07
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