“Impact of health, safety, welfare measures on productivity: A study on the tea workers of partnership tea estates in Terai region of West Bengal”

According to latest report, published in 2017, by the Tea Board of India, India has become world's second largest tea producer after China. India's tea production in 2016–17 reached 1, 250.49 million kilogram--an increase of 1.41 per cent over the corresponding year-ago figure on account of higher production rate in Assam and West Bengal. But the work force, to whom the credit should go to for this huge production, are still being severely afflicted by the master class even after 69 years of independence. Presently also, they are exposed to various social constraints. In this present juncture, the paper is intended to explore whether giving greater emphasis on Health, Safety, Welfare measures of the tea workers really leads to better productivity of the tea workers of partnership gardens in Terai region in West Bengal and also intended to give some suggestion regarding some effective measures that should be taken to consideration to improve the productivity of the tea workers.