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As on 01.04.2016
Name of
Schedulded
Employment
Category of WorkerRates of wages including V.D.A per day
(in Rs.)
Area AArea BArea C
1. AgricultureUnskilled234.00213.00211.00
SemiSkilled/Unskilled
Supervisory256.00236.00216.00
Skilled/Clerical278.00256.00235.00
Highly Skilled308.00286.00256.00
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 Soil247.00
(b) Soft Soil with Rock373.00
(c) Rock494.00
2. Removal and Staking of
rejected stones with 50 metres
lead 1.5 metres lift
199.00
Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size
(a) 1.0 inch to 1.5 inches1528.00
(b) Above 1.5 Inches to 3.0 Inches1307.00
(c) Above 3.0 Inches to 5 Inches765.00
(d) Above 5.0 Inches628.00
3. Sweeping and
CleaningUnskilled368.00307.00246.00
4. Watch and WardWithout Arms407.00347.00288.00
With Arms448.00407.00347.00
5. Loading and
UnloadingUnskilled368.00307.00246.00
6. ConstructionUnskilled368.00307.00246.00
SemiSkilled/Unskilled
Supervisory407.00347.00288.00
Skilled/Clerical448.00407.00347.00
Highly Skilled487.00448.00407.00
7. NonCoal Mines Above
GroundBelow Ground
Unskilled246.00307.00
SemiSkilled/Unskilled
Supervisory307.00368.00
Skilled/Clerical368.00429.00
Highly Skilled429.00487.00
Name of
Schedulded
Employment
Nomenclature
1. AgricultureAgriculture
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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
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 employment consisting of
agriculture and nonagricultural sector under their respective jurisdictions. The rates of minimum wages fixed for
scheduled employments in the Central Sphere is at enlisted.
The range of
minimum
wages in the
State Sphere
is at enlisted.
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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 WardEmployment 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. ConstructionConstruction 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. NonCoal MinesEmployees 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 Jalandharcantt.
Bareilly(UA)Madurai(UA)Dhanbad(UA)
Bhavnagar Meerut(UA)Dehradun(UA)
Bikaner Moradabad(UA)DurgBhilai
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)
HubliDharwad Varanasi(UA)
Area ‘C’ will comprise all areas not mentioned in this list.
NB: U.A. stands for Urban Agglomeration.
Categories
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S. No.State/UTUnskilledSemi SkilledSkilledHighly Skilled
Min.Max.Min.Max.Min.Max.Min.Max.
Central
Sphere204.00294.00209.00353.00227.00411.00247.00467.00
1
Andhra
Pradesh69.27858.83
2
Arunachal
Pradesh150.00170.00160.00180.00170.00190.00
3Assam240.00280.00350.00450.00
4Bihar181.00197.00188.00206.00232.00251.00282.00308.00
5Chhatisgarh157.00242.00201.00247.00210.00256.00236.00266.00
6Goa215.00216.00223.00229.00227.00232.00235.00292.00
7Gujarat150.00276.00276.00284.00284.00293.00
8Haryana226.40226.40231.40236.40241.40246.40251.40251.40
9
Himachal
Pradesh170.00185.55180.17187.00206.52214.00227.12274.50
10
Jammu &
Kashmir*150.00150.00175.00175.00225.00225.00
11Jharkhand210.00225.00220.00240.00290.00335.00259.31360.00
12Karnataka198.23343.58
13Kerala275.46548.70
14
Madhya
Pradesh187.00253.00248.00339.00294.00387.00337.00389.00
15Maharashtra180.00315.49
16Meghalaya170.00170.00181.00181.00191.00191.00212.00212.00
17Manipur122.10122.10129.97129.97132.60132.60
18Mizoram220.00220.00250.00250.00310.00380.00
19Nagaland115.00115.00125.00125.00135.00135.00145.00145.00
20Odisha200.00200.00220.00220.00240.00240.00260.00260.00
21Punjab267.13277.13297.13297.13331.63331.63371.33371.33
22Rajasthan166.00166.00176.00176.00186.00186.00236.00236.00
23Sikkim220.00220.00242.00242.00275.00275.00319.00319.00
24 Tamil Nadu146.00431.86
25Tripura142.46346.15162.81375.00184.96403.85280.00405.42
26Uttarakhand200.00272.12231.54291.54235.31310.96249.23356.35
27Uttar Pradesh161.00262.11240.24288.32282.07322.96299.19299.19
28West Bengal211.00278.00232.00306.00255.00337.00370.00
29A.& N. Islands274.00285.00286.00294.00338.00363.00363.00384.00
30Chandigarh306.19306.19311.96316.00323.15332.15348.00348.00
31D & N Haveli220.80220.80227.30227.30233.80233.80
32Daman & Diu268.20268.20276.20276.20284.20284.20
33Delhi316.00353.00349.00390.00384.00429.00
34Lakshadweep255.20255.20280.50280.20305.20305.20335.20335.20
35Puducherry55.00255.00
36Telangana69.27363.26
* Data is yet to be received. Figures indicate rates of wages as on 31.12.2013 in respect of Jammu & Kashmir. Rates for unskilled workers for Assam
and West Bengal exclude Tea garden workers.
The implementation of the Act is carried out by the Centre as well as the States in respect of their respective
jurisdiction. In the Central Sphere, the enforcement is secured through the Inspecting Officers of the Chief Labour
Commissioner (Central) commonly designated as Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM), the compliance in the
State sphere is ensured through the State Enforcement Machinery. They conduct regular inspections and in the event of
detection of any case of nonpayment or underpayment of minimum wages, they advise the employers to make payment of
the shortfall of wages. In case of noncompliance, penal provisions against the defaulting employers are invoked. The details
of enforcement of Minimum Wages Act in Central Sphere during the years 201213, 201314, 201415 and 201516 (upto
December 2015) is at enlisted.
Details of Enforcement of Minimum Wages Act, 1948
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in Central Sphere Establishments
Sl.
No.
Particulars201213201314201415201516
*Upto Dec,
2015
1.No. of Inspections
conducted
155001309964974904
2.No. of Irregularities
1571111293416498736887
3.No. of Prosecution
Launched
530751673566981
4.No. of convictions
495450742694988
Source: Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Ministry of Labour & Employment.
This information given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, in reply
to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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