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This is 11^th instalment in the series of Articles on Healthcare Consciousness. Normally, people think that Tea is a kind of beverage especially meant for elderly people. This is a Myth, After water, Tea is most widely consumed popular drink in the world across all ages. Even though India is the world’s biggest consumer of tea, its annual per capita consumption is among the lowest. Turkey is on the top consuming 3.15 kg average annual tea per person. Ireland follows it at 2.19 kg, United Kingdom 1.94 kg, Russia 1.38 kg, Morocco 1.21 kg, China 0.57 kg, India 0.32 kg. Tea is an agricultural product of the leaves, leaf-buds, and internodes of CAMELLIA SINESIS plant prepared and cured by various methods. It is believed that tea was accidentally discovered by Emperor Shen Nung of China in 2700 BC. Indian Legendaries tell that in the 5^th year of a seven years sleepless contemplation of Lord Buddha, he began to feel drowsy. He immediately plucked a few leaves from a nearby bush and chewed them which dispelled his tiredness. This bush was a Wild-Tea Tree. By early 1900, tea cultivation started in most of the countries of the World. In India, it was Sepoy Mutinee Leader Maniram Dewan who planted the first Assamese tea exactly on 17 April, 1804. Let us explore the powers of this superfood.

In India, Companies Act-2013 has called upon Corporate Houses having a net worth of Rs.500 crore or more, or a turnover of Rs.1000 crore or more, or a net profit of Rs.5 crore or more to have a CSR-spend of atleast 2 per cent of their average net profits of the preceding three years. The Act has identified 12 Activities relevant for CSR-spend. The CSR beneficiaries are those who live in villages and towns. The CSR is an obligation of the companies to discharge their social, economical, legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities to benefit the common people. Business owners, employees and their families, stakeholders, share holders, suppliers, and dealers are excluded from the purview of CSR beneficiaries. Although the CSR-agenda started with effect from 1^st April, 2014, the compliance of 2 per cent norm is hardly 13.50 per cent of 16000 and odd companies registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. In order to see mandatory 2 per cent spend in CSR activities, some sort of regulatory authority is much sought after. Similarly, companies own subsidiary Foundations formed especially for implementing their CSR activities should be discouraged, rather dispensed with. Instead, Corporate Houses should come together and form a “National Consortium For CSR Interventions”. Besides, atleast 41 per cent of CSR budget should be allocated to NGOs for implementing their CSR activities.

In India, a salaried person works 40 hours per week under the generally accepted norm of Nine to Five job schedule. In comparison, Indians log longer hours than the most others. Average weekly hours worked on the job as shown in the Pictorial (2014) indicate that Turkey topped the list at 49.1 hours followed by Mexico at 44.7 hours, South Korea at 43.3 hours, and Israel at 40.4 hours. At the other end of the spectrum, developed countries like Netherlands, Denmark and Norway reported the lowest hours at 28.9, 32.5 and 33.9 hours per week respectively. The question is whether long working hours means more progress, more productivity, and more development. The answer is "NO", not at all. ILO Report-2007 "Working Time around the world" reveals that lesser percentage of workforce in developed economics put in long hours of work as compared to developing countries. For example, in Norway, only 5.3 per cent of total work force work more that the normal 48 hours per week whereas in Peru and Korea about 50 per cent people work more than 48 hours per week. In USA, it is 18.1 percent work force more than 48 hours as against India where 40 per cent of total work force works more than 48 hours per week. This only indicates that it is not the longer hours of work that matters but it is the Decent work done in the given time framework.