 bill no 44 of  2016 the tea garden workers (timely payment of dues) bill, 2016 by prof saugata roy, mp a billto ensure timely payment of dues to workers of tea gardens whose management has been directed by the central government to be taken over by the tea board vide central government notification so 260 (e)dated 28th january, 2016be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—20162  (1) the central government shall, within one month of the coming into force of this act, take such steps, including confiscation and auction of personal properties of the office bearers of the tea companies in the state of west bengal, as are necessary for payment of wages and other dues to tea garden workers of such companies5(2) in this section the expression "tea companies" mean the following tea gardens, whose management has been directed by the central government to be taken over by the tea board vide central government notification so 260 (e) dated 28th january, 2016:—(i) birpara tea estate;10(ii) garganda tea estate; (iii) lankapara tea estate; (iv) tulsipara tea estate; (v) huntapara tea estate;timely payment of dues to tea garden workers in respect of tea companies in the state of west bengal whose management has been directed by the central government to be taken over by the tea board(vi) dhumchipara tea estate; and (vii) demdima tea estate statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe central government recently notified in the gazette and authorised the tea board to take immediate steps to take over the management of seven tea estates in the state of west bengal these gardens belonged to the m/s duncan industries limited, where rupees seventy crores are due to the tea garden workers but till now, the dues of workers have not been released a stringent law is necessary to ensure that workers dues are timely paid and workers do not die of starvationhence this billnew delhi;saugata royfebruary 10, 2016 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides that the central government shall, within one month of the coming into force of this act, take such steps as are necessary for payment of wages and other dues to tea garden workers such steps may include financial assistance from the central government however, at this stage, it is not possible to give the estimates of expenditure which would be incurred from the consolidated fund of india———— a billto ensure timely payment of dues to workers of tea gardens whose management has been directed by the central government to be taken over by the tea board vide central government notification so 260 (e)dated 28th january, 2016————(prof saugata roy, mp)gmgipmrnd—4517ls(s3)—29022016