Archive · 26 Jun 2025
GYAN Demands New Land Scheme for Tea Garden Residents
Imagine a plan where the government wants to give small plots of land to people who work in tea gardens.
But some people, like GYAN, aren't happy.
They say the plan doesn't respect the rights of people who already live there and have been using the land for a long time.
GYAN wants a new plan that gives land to people based on how long their families have lived there and used the land.
They believe the current plan doesn't treat everyone fairly, even though the local government has asked the state government to stop it.
The state government hasn't stopped, so GYAN wants the state to create a better plan.
GYAN urges cancellation of West Bengal's tea garden land scheme.
GYAN proposes a new scheme based on ancestral land possession.
The current scheme grants small, non-transferable land plots.
GYAN claims the existing scheme undermines tea garden residents' rights.
Despite GTA's objections, survey work continues under the current scheme.
- Who
- Gorkha Youth Activist Network (GYAN) and tea garden residents.
- What
- GYAN is urging the cancellation of the current land scheme and proposing a new one for tea garden residents.
- When
- The original scheme was introduced on August 1, 2023, with survey works resuming on November 2, 2023. GYAN's actions are recent.
- Where
- Darjeeling and Kalimpong in the GTA region.
- Why
- GYAN believes the current scheme undermines residents' rights and wants a scheme recognizing their ancestral land claims.
GYAN and Tea Garden Residents
West Bengal Government
Land Rights
GYAN and Tea Garden Residents
Opposes the current scheme as it disregards the ancestral rights of long-standing residents.
West Bengal Government
The government's scheme to give land to tea garden workers, ignoring existing claims.
- Organization
- Gorkha Youth Activist Network (GYAN)
- Location
- Darjeeling, GTA region
- Scheme in question
- Scheme for Distributing Homestead Pattas among Landless Tea Garden Labourers
- GTA Chief Executive
- Anit Thapa
- Proposed Scheme Basis
- Ancestral, customary, and continuous possession
- Current Land Grant
- 5 decimals, non-transferable