The necessity of a workplace HIV/AIDS policy for Tata Tea Ltd. was significantly felt because Tata Tea, being an agro-based industry, is dependent on its huge manpower resources to sustain its operations. Perceiving the future impact of HIV/AIDS on this valuable and indispensable human resource, Tata Tea based its workplace policy on HIV/AIDS on the following needs and principles: (Tata Tea Ltd. was one of the first 10 companies in the world to be a signatory to these clauses at the 5th International Congress on AIDS in the Asia and the Pacific on October 23, 1999, at the Peutra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur.)