Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
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.
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