Lok Sabha Question No. 127 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Minimum Wages
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: TARIQ ANWAR

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

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 127 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2018

## MINIMUM WAGES

†*127. SHRI TARIQ ANWAR:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  scheme  in future for enactment of labour law to ensure regular/assured income of labourers;
- (b)if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)whether  the  Government  proposes  to  fix  minimum  wages  of  the labourers/workers; and
- (d)if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  time  by  which  it  is  likely  to  be done?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  THE LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  127  FOR  05.03.2018  BY  SHRI

TARIQ ANWAR REGARDING 'MINIMUM WAGES'.

(a) & (b): No, Madam.

(c) & (d): 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 under their respective jurisdictions. Rates fixed in the Central sphere are applicable to establishments under the authority  of  Central  Government,  railway  administration,  mines,  oilfields, major port or any corporation established by a Central Government.

According  to  the  provisions  contained  in  the  Minimum Wages  Act,  1948,  the  appropriate  Government  shall  review  at  such intervals  not  exceeding  five  years  for  scheduled  employments  under its  jurisdiction.  The  Central  Government  has  revised  basic  minimum wages  for  the  scheduled  employments  under  Central  Sphere  w.e.f. 19.01.2017.

Considering  five  years  period  too  long  to  check  price escalation, idea of Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) was mooted in terms of recommendation of the Labour Ministers' Conference held in 1988. Accordingly, VDA is revised periodically twice a year effective from April and October. A statement showing minimum rates of wages at applicable in Central  Sphere with effect from 01.10.2017 is Annexure.

## Annexure in reply to part (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 127 dated 05.03.2018 Area-wise Rates of Minimum Wages for Scheduled Employments in the Central Sphere.

## As on 01.10.2017

| Name of Scheduled Employment                                            | Category of Worker                                                            | Rates of wages including V.D.A per day (in Rs.)                            | Rates of wages including V.D.A per day (in Rs.)                            | Rates of wages including V.D.A per day (in Rs.)                            |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name of Scheduled Employment                                            | Category of Worker                                                            | Area A                                                                     | Area B                                                                     | Area C                                                                     |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Unskilled                                                                     | 341.00                                                                     | 311.00                                                                     | 308.00                                                                     |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                            | 373.00                                                                     | 343.00                                                                     | 315.00                                                                     |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Skilled/Clerical                                                              | 405.00                                                                     | 373.00                                                                     | 342.00                                                                     |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Highly Skilled                                                                | 449.00                                                                     | 417.00                                                                     | 373.00                                                                     |
| 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:    | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift: | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift: | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift: |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (a) Soft Soil                                                                 | 360.00                                                                     | 360.00                                                                     | 360.00                                                                     |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (b) Soft Soil with Rock                                                       | 544.00                                                                     | 544.00                                                                     | 544.00                                                                     |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (c) Rock                                                                      | 720.00                                                                     | 720.00                                                                     | 720.00                                                                     |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | 2. Removal and Staking of rejected stones with 50 metres lead 1.5 metres lift | 290.00                                                                     | 290.00                                                                     | 290.00                                                                     |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size                           | Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size                        | Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size                        | Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size                        |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (a) 1.0 inch to 1.5 inches                                                    | 2224.00                                                                    | 2224.00                                                                    | 2224.00                                                                    |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (b) Above 1.5 Inches to 3.0 Inches                                            | 1902.00                                                                    | 1902.00                                                                    | 1902.00                                                                    |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (c) Above 3.0 Inches to 5 Inches                                              | 1115.00                                                                    | 1115.00                                                                    | 1115.00                                                                    |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (d) Above 5.0 Inches                                                          | 915.00                                                                     | 915.00                                                                     | 915.00                                                                     |
| 3. Sweeping and Cleaning                                                | Unskilled                                                                     | 536.00                                                                     | 448.00                                                                     | 359.00                                                                     |
| 4. Watch and Ward                                                       | Without Arms                                                                  | 653.00                                                                     | 593.00                                                                     | 506.00                                                                     |
|                                                                         | With Arms                                                                     | 710.00                                                                     | 653.00                                                                     | 593.00                                                                     |
| 5. Loading and Unloading                                                | Unskilled                                                                     | 536.00                                                                     | 448.00                                                                     | 359.00                                                                     |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Unskilled                                                                     | 536.00                                                                     | 448.00                                                                     | 359.00                                                                     |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                            | 593.00                                                                     | 506.00                                                                     | 420.00                                                                     |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Skilled/Clerical                                                              | 653.00                                                                     | 593.00                                                                     | 506.00                                                                     |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Highly Skilled                                                                | 710.00                                                                     | 653.00                                                                     | 593.00                                                                     |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       |                                                                               | Above Ground                                                               | Below Ground                                                               | Below Ground                                                               |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Unskilled                                                                     | 359.00                                                                     | 448.00                                                                     | 448.00                                                                     |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                            | 448.00                                                                     | 536.00                                                                     | 536.00                                                                     |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Skilled/Clerical                                                              | 536.00                                                                     | 625.00                                                                     | 625.00                                                                     |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Highly Skilled                                                                | 625.00                                                                     | 700.00                                                                     | 700.00                                                                     |
| Name of Schedulded Employment                                           | Nomenclature                                                                  | Nomenclature                                                               | Nomenclature                                                               | Nomenclature                                                               |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | 1. Agriculture                                                                | Agriculture                                                                | Agriculture                                                                | Agriculture                                                                |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Workers                           | 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Workers                                 | engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing               | engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing               | engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing               |

| Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing   | 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 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                                                                                                                                                  | 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 | 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'        | AREA - 'A'   | AREA - 'A'       | AREA - 'A'   | AREA - 'A'        | 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       |              | Pune             | (UA)         |                   |              |
| AREA - 'B'        | AREA - 'B'   | AREA - 'B'       | AREA - 'B'   | AREA - 'B'        | AREA - 'B'   |
| Agra              | (UA)         | Gwalior          | (UA)         | Port Blair        | (UA)         |
| Ajmer             | (UA)         | Hubli-Dharwad    | (M. Corpn)   | Puducherry        | (UA)         |
| Aligarh           | (UA)         | Indore           | (UA)         | Raipur            | (UA)         |
| Allahabad         | (UA)         | Jabalpur         | (UA)         | Raurkela          | (UA)         |
| Amravati          | (M.Corpn)    | Jaipur           | (M.Corpn)    | Rajkot            | (UA)         |
| Amritsar          | (UA)         | Jalandhar        | (UA)         | Ranchi            | (UA)         |
| Asansol           | (UA)         | Jalandhar-Cantt. | (UA)         | Saharanpur        | (M.Corpn)    |
| Aurangabad        | (UA)         | Jammu            | (UA)         | Salem             | (UA)         |
| Bareilly          | (UA)         | Jamnagar         | (UA)         | Sangli            | (UA)         |
| Belgaum           | (UA)         | Jamshedpur       | (UA)         | Shillong          |              |
| Bhavnagar         | (UA)         | Jhansi           | (UA)         | Siliguri          | (UA)         |
| Bhiwandi          | (UA)         | Jodhpur          | (UA)         | Solapur           | (M.Corpn)    |
| Bhopal            | (UA)         | Kannur           | (UA)         | Srinagar          | (UA)         |
| Bhubaneshwar      | (UA)         | Kochi            | (UA)         | Surat             | (UA)         |
| Bikaner           | (M.Corpn)    | Kolhapur         | (UA)         | Thiruvanantapuram | (UA)         |
| Bokaro Steel City | (UA)         | Kollam           | (UA)         | Thrissur          | (UA)         |
| Chandigarh        | (UA)         | Kota             | (M.Corpn)    | Tiruchirappalli   | (UA)         |
| Coimbatore        | (UA)         | Kozhikode        | (UA)         | Tiruppur          | (UA)         |
| Cuttack           | (UA)         | Ludhiana         | (M.Corpn)    | Ujjain            | (M.Corpn)    |
| Dehradun          | (UA)         | Madurai          | (UA)         | Vadodara          | (UA)         |

| Dhanbad           | (UA)       | Malappuram           | (UA)       | Varanasi          | (UA)      |
|-------------------|------------|----------------------|------------|-------------------|-----------|
| Durgapur          | (UA)       | Malegaon             | (UA)       | Vasai- Virar City | (M.Corpn) |
| Durg-Bhilai Nagar | (UA)       | Mangalore            | (UA)       | Vijayawada        | (UA)      |
| Erode             | (UA)       | Meerut               | (UA)       | Vishakhapatnam    | (M.Corpn) |
| Firozabad         |            | Moradabad            | (M. Corpn) | Warangal          | (UA)      |
| Goa               |            | Mysore               | (UA)       | Gorakhpur         | (UA)      |
| NandedWaghala     | (M. Corpn) | GreaterVisakhapatnam | (M.Corpn)  | Nasik             | (UA)      |
| Gulbarga          | (UA)       | Nellore              | (UA)       | Guntur            | (UA)      |
| Panchkula         | (UA)       | Guwahati             | (UA)       | Patna             | (UA)      |

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