A tea garden worker plucks tea leaves at Durgabari tea garden estate on the outskirts of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura August 4, 2010. Tea output in India, the world's second biggest producer, fell 11.9 percent to 104 million kg in June as a pest attack in the biggest producing region badly affected plantations, Tea Board said. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS AGRICULTURE) - RTR2H10K
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A World Bank investigation into a tea plantation project in India that it jointly finances with tea giant Tata Global Beverages has found that it has failed to tackle alleged abuses of impoverished workers, the group said on Wednesday.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) - a member of the World Bank Group - said its accountability office began a probe into the project, run by Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL), after reports tea pickers were being exploited.
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