Hailakandi 1st in Assam to pay tea workers via bank accounts
Hailakandi has become Assam's first district to pay wages to tea plantation workers through individual bank accounts. At least 504 workers received their salary in their accounts through five Banking Correspondents, officials said. Following the demonetisation of old high-denomination notes, the state government had set December 15 as the deadline for cashless payments to tea plantation workers.