Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Rates of existing Minimum Wages fixed for the Skilled, Semi –skilled and Un-skilled workers effective from 01.10.2014
Rates of existing Minimum Wages fixed for the Skilled, Semi –skilled and Un-skilled workers for the Central Sphere under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 effective from 01.10.2014:-
As on 01.10.2014
Name of Scheduled Employment
Category of Worker
Rates of wages including V.D.A per day (in Rs.)
Area A
Area B
Area C
1. Agriculture
Unskilled
217
197
195
Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory
237
219
200
Skilled/Clerical
258
237
218
Highly Skilled
286
265
237
2. 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
221.4
(b) Soft Soil with Rock
334.57
(c) Rock
443.86
2. Removal and Staking of rejected stones with 50 metres lead 1.5 metres lift
176.73
Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size
(a) 1.0 inch to 1.5 inches
1377.35
(b) Above 1.5 Inches to 3.0 Inches
1176.92
(c) Above 3.0 Inches to 5 Inches
688.13
(d) Above 5.0 Inches
565.08
3. Sweeping and Cleaning
Unskilled
332
276
222
4. Watch and Ward
Without Arms
367
312
259
With Arms
404
367
312
5. Loading and Unloading
Unskilled
332
276
222
6. Construction
Unskilled
332
276
222
Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory
367
312
259
Skilled/Clerical
404
367
312
Highly Skilled
439
404
367
7. Non-Coal Mines
Above Ground
Below Ground
Unskilled
222
276
Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory
276
332
Skilled/Clerical
332
386
Highly Skilled
386
439

Name of Schedulded Employment
Nomenclature
1. Agriculture
Agriculture
2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing
Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing
3. Sweeping and Cleaning
Employment of Sweeping and Cleaning excluding Activities prohibited under the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993
4. Watch and Ward
Employment of Watch and Ward
5. Loading and Unloading
Employment in Loading and Unloading in (i) Goods Sheds, Parcel Offices of Railways; (ii) Other Goodssheds, Godowns, Warehouses etc. and;  (iii) Docks and Ports
6. Construction
Construction or maintenance of Roads or Runways or in Building Operations including laying down Underground Electric, Wireless, Radio, Television, Telephone, Telegraph and Overseas Communication Cables and similar other Underground Cabling Work, Electric Lines, Water Supply Lines and Sewerage Pipe Lines
7. Non-Coal Mines
Employees engaged in the employment of  Gypsum, Barytes, Bauxite, Manganese, China Clay, Kyanite, Copper,Clay, Magnesite, White Clay, Stone, Steatite (including the mines producing Soap Stones and Talc), Orchre, Asbestos, Fire Clay, Chromite, Quartzite, Quartz, Silica, Graphite, Felspar, Laterite, Dolomite, Red Oxide, Wolfram, Iron Ore, Granite, Rock Phosphate, Hematite, Marble and Calcite, Uranium, Mica, Lignite, Grave, Slate and Magnetite Mines

CLASSIFICATION  OF  AREA
AREA – “A”
Ahmedabad
(UA)
Hyderabad
(UA)
Faridabad complex
Bangaluru
(UA)
Kanpur
(UA)
Ghaziabad
Kolkata
(UA)
Lucknow
(UA)
Gurgaon
Delhi
(UA)
Chennai
(UA)
Noida
Greater Mumbai
(UA)
Nagpur
(UA)
Secunderabad
Navi Mumbai
AREA – “B”
Agra
(UA)
Jodhpur
Jabalpur
(UA)
Ajmer
Kochi
(UA)
Jaipur
(UA)
Aligarh
Kolhapur
(UA)
Jalandhar
(UA)
Allahabad
(UA)
Kozhikode
(UA)
Jamshedpur
(UA)
Amravati
Kota
Puducherry
(UA)
Aurangabad
(UA)
Ludhiana
Jalandhar-cantt.
Bareilly
(UA)
Madurai
(UA)
Dhanbad
(UA)
Bhavnagar
Meerut
(UA)
Dehradun
(UA)
Bikaner
Moradabad
(UA)
Durg-Bhilai Nagar
(UA)
Bhopal
Mysore
(UA)
Jammu
(UA)
Bhubaneshwar
Nasik
(UA)
Jamnagar
(UA)
Amritsar
(UA)
Pune
(UA)
Vijayawada
(UA)
Chandigarh
(UA)
Patna
(UA)
Vishakhapatnam
(UA)
Coimbatore
(UA)
Raipur
(UA)
Warangal
Cuttack
(UA)
Rajkot
Mangalore
(UA)
Durgapur
Ranchi
(UA)
Salem
(UA)
Gorakhpur
Sholapur
Tiruppur
(UA)
Guwahati City
Srinagar
(UA)
Tiruchirappalli
(UA)
Guntur
Surat
(UA)
Asansol
(UA)
Gwalior
(UA)
Thiruvanantapuram
(UA)
Belgaum
(UA)
Indore
(UA)
Vadodara
(UA)
Bhiwandi
(UA)
Hubli-Dharwad
Varanasi
(UA)

Area ‘C’ will comprise all areas not mentioned in this list.
NB: U.A. stands for Urban Agglomeration.

The above statement was annexed with the
 answers of undermentioned Lok Sabha Question:-

 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 158
ANSWERED ON 24.11.2014
UNIFORM MINIMUM WAGES
158 . Naik Prof. Seetaram Ajmeera
Singh Shri Dushyant, Birla Shri Om

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:-

(a)the details of minimum wages fixed for the skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers in the country, State/UT-wise; 

(b)whether the Government proposes to introduce a uniform system by linking inflation index for fixing wage rates for the workers of unorganised sector throughout the country; 

(c)if so, the details thereof along with the status of families living on minimum wages and below poverty line in the country; and 

(d)the action taken by the Government in this regard so far?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA) 

(a): A statement showing the rates of existing Minimum Wages fixed for the Skilled, Semi –skilled and Un-skilled workers for the Central Sphere under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 effective from 01.10.2014 is at Annexure. 

(b) to (d): In order to protect the minimum wages against inflation, Central Government has already adopted the Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) as a component of minimum wage and which is revised twice a year taking into account the rise in the Consumer Price Indices. In the Central sphere, the minimum rates of wages are revised effective from 1st April and 1st October every year. 

The details of the status of families living on minimum wages and below poverty line are not maintained by the Ministry. 

Source: LokSabha.nic.in
Annexure: http://164.100.47.132/Annexture_New/lsq16/3/au158.htm


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