Lok Sabha Question No. 1715 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Plantation Sector
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1715

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## PLANTATION SECTOR

1715. ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)whether the Government proposes to provide a package to save the plantation sector in South India similar to Assam and Bengal;
- (b)if so, the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)the  details  of  the  plantations  closed  down  or  is  under  financial stress in the State of Kerala, including Idukki, if so, the details thereof during the last forty years;
- (d)whether  the  Government  proposes  to  reopen  the  closed  down plantations, including tea plantations and provide financial assistanc to the plantation labourers in Kerala State; and (e)if so, the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a) & (b): Welfare of labour and conditions of work in plantations are regulated by the Plantation Labour Act, 1951. Welfare measures for plantation workers are implemented by concerned State Government in line with the provisions of the Act.
- (c) to (e): As per Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industries, the following Tea Estates (T.E.) are presently closed in the State of Kerala including Idukki:
- (i)
- Peermade & Lonetree T.E., Idukki, Kerala
- (ii)
- Kottamala & Bonami T.E., Idukki, Kerala
- (iii)
- Bonnacord T.E., Trivandrum, Kerala

The status of closed down tea gardens in Kerala along their current status is at Annexure-I.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 1715 for 31.07.2023

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Tea Estates   | State   | District   | Date of Closure   | Current status                                                 |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------|------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Kottamala &Bonami         | Kerala  | Idukki     | October, 2002     | Reopened on 11.06.2007 Again closed on 23.12.2013/ 11.10.2014. |
|         2 | Vagamon                   | Kerala  | Idukki     | 09.06.2002        | Functional                                                     |
|         3 | Mungyamullai              | Kerala  | Idukki     | 09.01.2005        | Functional                                                     |
|         4 | Thengakal                 | Kerala  | Idukki     | 10.01.2005        | Functional                                                     |
|         5 | Pambanar                  | Kerala  | Idukki     | 09.01.2005        | Functional                                                     |
|         6 | Koliekanam                | Kerala  | Idukki     | January, 2000     | Functional                                                     |
|         7 | Pasumullai                | Kerala  | Idukki     | January, 2002     | Functional                                                     |
|         8 | Granby                    | Kerala  | Idukki     | 31.01.2002        | Functional                                                     |
|         9 | Mount                     | Kerala  | Idukki     | 13.10.2000        | Functional                                                     |
|        10 | Tungmullay                | Kerala  | Idukki     | January, 2002     | Functional                                                     |
|        11 | Nellikai                  | Kerala  | Idukki     | 11.01.2005        | Functional                                                     |
|        12 | Bonaccord                 | Kerala  | Trivandum  | 11.04.2007        | Reopened on 03.12.2007 Again closed on 05.03.2015              |
|        13 | Methanathu                | Kerala  | Idukki     | 12.11.2001        | . Functional                                                   |
|        14 | Vengakotta                | Kerala  | Wayanad    | 06.10.2004        | Functional                                                     |
|        15 | Peermade& Lonetree        | Kerala  | Idukki     | 01.04.2016        | Closed                                                         |

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