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&lt;em&gt;New Delhi: &lt;/em&gt;The cup that cheers proved to be hotter than expected for the government today as it came under pressure to amend a central act to regularise wages of tea labourers.
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This prompted Bora to raise the issue of amendment to the central act as he urged the Centre to intervene to protect tea garden workers. Conceding that tea garden labourers were exploited and Bora&#039;s concerns over the need to raise wages were valid, Dattatreya said the government was examining a proposal received from the ministry of commerce and industry to amend the act.
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&amp;quot;The proposed amendments are being examined,&amp;quot; he said.
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The commerce ministry&#039;s amendments aim to ensure, among other things, the welfare of workers.
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Dattatreya said the views of various ministries and states, including the ministries of panchayati raj and rural development and the states of West Bengal and Assam, had been received.
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