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Meera runs a tea estate in Assam and wants to know whether it can be an 'establishment' for the purposes of the Act, which uses a Scheduled Act. Which part of the definition of 'establishment' in the Act directly covers her estate?

Her estate is covered as a plantation. The Act's definition of establishment includes a plantation as defined in section 2 of the Plantations Labour Act, 1951, alongside factories, newspaper establishments and certain other workplaces.

  1. AA 'plantation' as defined in section 2 of the Plantations Labour Act, 1951Correct
  2. BA 'newspaper establishment' under the Working Journalists Act, 1955
  3. CA factory defined under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 only
  4. DOnly an 'industrial or other establishment' under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936

Explanation

Section 2(b) says establishment includes a plantation as defined in section 2 of the Plantations Labour Act, 1951, along with factories, industrial or other establishments, scheduled employment places and newspaper establishments. A tea estate is a plantation, so clause (iv) covers it. The other options refer to unrelated categories.

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