Lok Sabha Question No. 763 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-21
Subject: Wages of Agricultural Labourers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SAKSHI SWAMI MAHARAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 763

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2016

## WAGES OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS

†763. DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ:

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

- (a)the level of wages of agricultural labourers in various States in the country as on 31 July, 2016, State/UT-wise;
- (b)whether the State Governments are revising such wages in every five years as  mandated  under  the  law  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the compliance, State/UT-wise;
- (c)the  amount  of  wages  of  agricultural  labourers  increased  during  the  last
- three years and the current year State/UT-wise; and
- (d)the  other  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 both the Central and the State Governments are appropriate Governments to fix and revise minimum wages every five years in respect of scheduled employments within their jurisdictions. The scheduled employment 'Agriculture' falls both in the Central and the State Sphere.

As  a  part  of  Rural  Labour  Enquiry,  Labour  Bureau  has  been compiling  and  maintaining  average  daily  wage  rates  in  respect  of  selected agricultural  and  non-agricultural  occupations  on  the  basis  of  the  information collected by the National Sample Survey Organization from a fixed set of 600 sample villages spread over 20 States.  Average daily wage rates for General Agricultural  Labourers  in  rural  areas  for  the  month  of  July,  2016  is  given  at Annexure I.

- (c) & (d):      A statement showing State-wise Annual Average Wage Rates and their Growth Rates in Rural Areas for General Agricultural labourers is given at Annexure II.

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## Annexure  in  reply  to  part  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  763  dated 21.11.2016

Wage rates for  General  Agricultural  Labourers  in  rural  areas  for  the  month  of  July,  2016  is given below.

| Sl. No.   | States           | Wages (in Rs.)   | Wages (in Rs.)   |
|-----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States           | Man              | Woman            |
| 1         | 2                | 3                | 4                |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   | 234              | 159              |
| 2         | Assam            | 228              | 237              |
| 3         | Bihar            | 215              | 185              |
| 4         | Gujarat          | 184              | 174              |
| 5         | Haryana          | 360              | @                |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh | 328              | 324              |
| 7         | Jammu &Kashmir   | 407              | @                |
| 8         | Karnataka        | 249              | 180              |
| 9         | Kerala           | 641              | 428              |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh   | 165              | 150              |
| 11        | Maharashtra      | 192              | 134              |
| 12        | Manipur          | @                | -                |
| 13        | Meghalaya        | 221              | 154              |
| 14        | Odisha           | 205              | 186              |
| 15        | Punjab           | 314              | @                |
| 16        | Rajasthan        | 279              | 241              |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu       | 376              | 211              |
| 18        | Tripura          | 210              | -                |
| 19        | Uttar Pradesh    | 209              | 175              |
| 20        | West Bengal      | 232              | 212              |

Note:  '-'  figures not reported.

'@' Quotations are less than five.

## Annexure in Reply to part © of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.763 for 21.11.2016

## Statement showing State-wise and Sex-wise Annual Average Wage Rates (Agricultural) Year Wise; July to June) and other Growth Rates in Rural Areas for General Agricultural Labourers.

2016-17 over

| Sl.No.   | States           | Wages (in Rs.)   | Wages (in Rs.)   | Wages (in Rs.)   | Wages (in Rs.)   | Wages (in Rs.)   | Wages (in Rs.)   | Wages (in Rs.)   | Wages (in Rs.)   | Growth Rate (in %)   | Growth Rate (in %)   | Growth Rate (in %)   | Growth Rate (in %)   | Growth Rate (in %)   | Growth Rate (in %)   |
|----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|          |                  | 2013-14*         | 2013-14*         | 2014-15          | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | 2015-16          | 2016-17#         | 2016-17#         | 2014-15 over 2013-14 | 2014-15 over 2013-14 | 2015-16 over 2014-15 | 2015-16 over 2014-15 | 2016-17 over 2015-16 | 2016-17 over 2015-16 |
|          |                  | Men              | Wome n           | Men              | Wom en           | Men              | Wom en           | Men              | Wom en           | Men                  | Wom en               | Men                  | Wom en               | Men                  | Women                |
| 1        | 2                | 3                | 4                | 5                | 6                | 7                | 8                | 9                | 10               | 11                   | 12                   | 13                   | 14                   | 15                   | 16                   |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 211.74           | 138.18           | 217.12           | 140.5            | 217.41           | 147.78           | 239.39           | 163.9            | 2.54                 | 1.68                 | 0.13                 | 5.18                 | 10.11                | 10.91                |
| 2        | Assam            | 189.44           | 182.38           | 205.06           | 205.26           | 219.56           | 218.51           | 228.19           | 237              | 8.24                 | 12.55                | 7.07                 | 6.45                 | 3.93                 | 8.46                 |
| 3        | Bihar            | 186.59           | 144.3            | 201.24           | 157.97           | 209.51           | 167.68           | 215.95           | 184.92           | 7.85                 | 9.47                 | 4.11                 | 6.15                 | 3.07                 | 10.29                |
| 4        | Gujarat          | 143.25           | 142.11           | 165.95           | 160.4            | 179.87           | 175              | 183.95           | 174.29           | 15.84                | 12.87                | 8.39                 | 9.1                  | 2.27                 | -0.41                |
| 5        | Haryana          | 324.26           | 325.71           | 343.14           | 340.29           | 355.79           | @                | 360.36           | @                | 5.82                 | 4.47                 | 3.69                 | @                    | 1.29                 | @                    |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh | 290.62           | 302              | 311.36           | 312.83           | 321.24           | 316              | 333.64           | 329              | 7.14                 | 3.59                 | 3.17                 | 1.01                 | 3.86                 | 4.11                 |
| 7        | Jammu & Kashmir  | 353.48           | @                | 376.26           | @                | 399.61           | @                | 407.06           | @                | 6.44                 | @                    | 6.2                  | @                    | 1.86                 | @                    |
| 8        | Karnataka        | 202.42           | 145.46           | 208.29           | 149.4            | 236              | 172.81           | 248.7            | 179.77           | 2.9                  | 2.71                 | 13.3                 | 15.67                | 5.38                 | 4.03                 |
| 9        | Kerala           | 587.96           | 411.95           | 578.84           | 407.17           | 621.66           | 421.56           | 641.07           | 427.5            | -1.55                | -1.16                | 7.4                  | 3.53                 | 3.12                 | 1.41                 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh   | 138.01           | 121.53           | 153.44           | 136.45           | 162.15           | 146.96           | 165.61           | 150.76           | 11.18                | 12.28                | 5.67                 | 7.7                  | 2.14                 | 2.58                 |
| 11       | Maharasht ra     | 192.27           | 129              | 196.21           | 134.48           | 195.62           | 134.29           | 192.76           | 134.94           | 2.05                 | 4.24                 | -0.3                 | -0.13                | -1.46                | 0.48                 |
| 12       | Manipur          | @                | -                | @                | -                | @                | -                | @                | -                | @                    | -                    | @                    | -                    | @                    | -                    |
| 13       | Meghalaya        | 170.89           | 121.61           | 178.75           | 132.6            | 219.64           | 153.21           | 221.43           | 152.86           | 4.6                  | 9.04                 | 22.88                | 15.54                | 0.81                 | -0.23                |
| 14       | Orissa           | 172.33           | 154.78           | 183.59           | 161.45           | 195.66           | 175.27           | 205.86           | 187.28           | 6.54                 | 4.31                 | 6.57                 | 8.56                 | 5.22                 | 6.85                 |
| 15       | Punjab           | 274.53           | @                | 288.31           | @                | 310.65           | @                | 318.19           | @                | 5.02                 | @                    | 7.75                 | @                    | 2.43                 | @                    |
| 16       | Rajasthan        | 262.77           | 212.01           | 271.46           | 206.76           | 287.33           | 248.38           | 280.43           | 246.81           | 3.31                 | -2.48                | 5.85                 | 20.13                | -2.4                 | -0.63                |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu       | 320.69           | 178.95           | 341.95           | 192.25           | 363.28           | 199.1            | 376.79           | 210.6            | 6.63                 | 7.43                 | 6.24                 | 3.56                 | 3.72                 | 5.78                 |
| 18       | Tripura          | 210              | -                | 209.07           | -                | 209.91           | -                | 210              | -                | -0.44                | -                    | 0.4                  | -                    | 0.04                 | -                    |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh    | 183.57           | 159.4            | 194.72           | 169.04           | 201.38           | 171.84           | 210.04           | 176.54           | 6.08                 | 6.05                 | 3.42                 | 1.66                 | 4.3                  | 2.74                 |
| 20       | West Bengal      | 196.26           | 175.2            | 221.39           | 191.93           | 221.96           | 203.6            | 231.72           | 212.02           | 12.8                 | 9.55                 | 0.26                 | 6.08                 | 4.4                  | 4.13                 |

Note: '-'  figures not reported.

'@' Quotations are less than five.

* Average based on 8 months wage data (November, 2013 to June, 2014) as there has been a change in categorisation of occupation  nomenclature w.e.f  November, 2013.

# Average based on 2 months wage data (July, 2016 to August, 2016)

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