Tea Plantations in India : Towards Sustainable Development

Contents: Prefatory note. Dedication. Acknowledgement. Foreword. 1. Introduction. 2. Current scenario. 3. Promoting human development towards better productivity: some models. 4. Mapping of an action plan. 5. The concepts of industrial relations and the Impact of Plantation Labour Act 1951. 6. Cases: lessons from fields and finding a way out. Appendix. Bibliography.

"With increasing job opportunities for good material, that too in urban areas, the problem that tea gardens are facing now and which may accentuate in future lies in management of tea garden.... Therefore, it is imperative that the Human Resource Development (HRD) perspectives in the plantation sector are of utmost importance in the direction of workers\' overall development." (jacket)