Guwahati, Feb 21 (TIWN) Ahead of the Assembly elections in Assam, the BJP-led state government on Saturday increased the daily wages of scores of tea garden workers from Rs 167 to Rs 217 per day, officials said.

The officials said that the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has decided to increase the daily wages of tea garden workers from Rs 167 to Rs 217 per day.  The meeting also decided that to recommend equal wage for small tea workers, a one-man committee under Principal Secretary J.B. Ekka would be formed.