Define plantation under plantation and labour act
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Plantations as there is hardly any other employment avenue. Workers are illiterate and migrants with no awareness or information about their rights. The fact that plantation areas do not come under the purview of rural development and antipoverty programmes has also prevented conditions from im proving.
In 1951, the Parliament passed the Plantations Labour Act [PLA] which sought to provide for the welfare of labour and to regulate the conditions of workers in plantations. Under this law, the State Governments have been empowered to take all feasible steps to improve the lot of the plantation workers. The passing of PLA brought some improvements in the plantations sector. It also helped in creating conditions for organising the workers and the rise of trade unions. However, the potential benefits promised under the PLA remain unachieved mainly due to ignorance of workers about their rights under the law.