Increase in Minimum Wages

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Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment

20-March-2017 16:52 IST 

Increase in Minimum Wages

Under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, both Central and State Governments are appropriate Governments to fix, review and revise the minimum wages of the workers employed in the scheduled employments under their respective  jurisdictions. The Central Government has notified the revision of minimum wages for the scheduled employments in the Central sphere on 19.01.2017. The increase inminimumwages for scheduled employment under the Central sphere w.e.f. 19.01.2017 as shown in the table below:-

 (Wages in Rs. per day) w .e f. 19.01.2017

Scheduled Employment	Category of Workers	Area A			Area B		Area C
		old	Revised		old	Revised	old	Revised
Agriculture	Unskilled	237	333		216	303	214	300
	Semi-skilled/Unskilled Supervisory	259	364		239	335	219	307
	Skilled/Clerical	281	395		259	364	238	334
	Highly-skilled	312	438		289	407	259	364
Sweeping and Cleaning	Unskilled	374	523		312	437	250	350
Watch and Ward	Without Arms ( Upgraded to skilled with training)	414	637		353	579	293	494
	With Arms( Upgraded to highly skilled for supervision)	456	693		414	637	353	579
Loading & Unloading	Unskilled	374	523		312	437	250	350
Construction	Unskilled	374	523		312	437	250	350
	Semi-skilled/Unskilled Supervisory	414	579		353	494	293	410
	Skilled/Clerical	456	637		414	579	353	494
	Highly-skilled	495	693		456	637	414	579
		Existing				Proposed
Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing	1.Excavation & removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift:*
	(a) Soft Soil	252.00				351
	(b) Soft Soil with Rock	380.00				531
	(c) Rock	503.00				703
	2. Removal and Staking of rejected stones with 50 metres lead/1.5 metreslift*	203.00				283
	3. Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size of category**
	(a) 1.0 inch to 1.5 inches	1553.00				2171
	(b) Above 1.5 Inches to 3.0 Inches	1329.00				1857
	(c) Above 3.0 Inches to 5 Inches	778.00				1088
	(d) Above 5.0 Inches	639.00				893
Non - Coal Mines		Above Ground				Below Ground
		Existing		Proposed		Existing		Proposed
	Unskilled	250		350		312		437
	Semi-skilled/Unskilled Supervisory	312		437		374		523
	Skilled/Clerical	374		523		436		610
	Highly-skilled	436		610		495		683

*Per 2.831 cubic meters or 100 cubic feet

** Per truck load of 5.662 cubic meters or 200 cubic feet

This information was given by Shri BandaruDattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment,in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.