India's tea workers strike as government fails to deliver wage increase

Unions warn of further action over non-payment of rise agreed in 2018, as hundreds of Assam tea estates close

Over 400,000 workers on Indian tea plantations that supply the world's largest tea companies have gone on strike over the government's failure to implement a promised daily wage increase from 1.70 to 3.70 a day.

The past week has seen around 250 tea estates across the Assam region close, with the partial closure of a further 20.