Lok Sabha Question No. 489 (STARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Minimum Wages for Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH

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

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 489 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2018

## MINIMUM WAGES FOR WORKERS

- *489. DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a)the details of minimum wages being paid to the workers both in organized and unorganised sectors, State/UT-wise;
- (b)whether  the  Government  has  fixed  minimum  wages  for  the  workers  of factories and companies;
- (c)if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect  the  workers from exploitation?

## 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.  489  FOR  02.04.2018  RAISED  BY  DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH REGARDING MINIMUM WAGES FOR WORKERS.

- (a) Minimum wages fixed for Agricultural and Non- Agricultural sector under the  Scheduled  Employments  of  Central  Sphere  for  unskilled  labourers  in Area  'C'  w.e.f.  01.10.2017  including  Variable  Dearness  Allowances  are Rs.  308/-  and  Rs.  359/-  per  day  respectively.  However,    a  detailed statement indicating minimum rates of wages applicable in Central Sphere with effect from 01.10.2017 is given at Annexure-I. The range of minimum wages  as  per  available  information  in  this  Ministry  fixed  by  the  various State Governments/UTs is given at Annexure II.
- (b) & (c): 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.  Rates  fixed  in  the Central  sphere  are  applicable  to  establishments  under  the  authority  of Central  Government,  railway  administration,  mines,  oil-fields,  major  port or any corporation established by a Central Government. The Government has  revised  in  the  basic  rate  of  minimum  wages  for  all  sectors  in  the central sphere on 19.01.2017.
- (d): The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 is implemented 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 non-payment  or  under-payment  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.

## Annexure in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 489 for 02.04.2018

## 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                                                                     |
| 4. Watch and Ward                                                       | 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 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)      |

Area 'C' will comprise all areas not mentioned in this list.

NB

: U.A. stands for Urban Agglomeration.

## Annexure in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 489 for 02.04.2018

Category wise variation in Minimum Wages per day in All States as on 01.03.2018 (Provisional)

|                                      | Categories   | Categories   | Categories   | Categories   | Categories   | Categories   | Categories     | Categories     |
|--------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
| State/UT                             | Unskilled    | Unskilled    | Semi Skilled | Semi Skilled | Skilled      | Skilled      | Highly Skilled | Highly Skilled |
|                                      | Min.         | Max.         | Min.         | Max.         | Min.         | Max.         | Min.           | Max.           |
| Central Sphere (as on 01.10.2017)    | 308.00       | 536.00       | 315.00       | 593.00       | 342.00       | 653.00       | 373.00         | 653.00         |
| Andhra Pradesh (as on 31.03.2016)    | 69.27        | -            | -            | -            | -            | -            | -              | 895.83         |
| Arunachal Pradesh (as on 01.01.2015) | 150.00       | 170.00       | 160.00       | 180.00       | 170.00       | 190.00       | -              | -              |
| Assam (as on 31.12.2017)             | 244.56       | -            | 285.32       | -            | 356.65       | -            | 458.55         | -              |
| Bihar (as on 01.01.2015)             | 181.00       | 197.00       | 188.00       | 206.00       | 232.00       | 251.00       | 282.00         | 308.00         |
| Chhattisgarh (as on 01.10.2017)      | 234.00       | 325.00       | 249.95       | 350.00       | 242.79       | 380.00       | 338.00         | 410.00         |
| Goa (as on 30.11.2017)               | 307.00       | 465.00       | 321.00       | 465.00       | 386.00       | 465.00       | 418.00         | 465.00         |
| Gujarat (as on 01.01.2015)           | 178.00       | 276.00       | 276.00       | 284.00       | 284.00       | 293.00       | -              | -              |
| Haryana (as on 01.01.2017)           | 318.46       | -            | 334.39       | 351.11       | 368.66       | 387.10       | 406.45         | -              |
| Himachal Pradesh (as on 01.04.2017)  | 184.87       | 210.00       | 199.12       | 227.00       | 228.37       | 254.17       | 242.40         | 314.50         |
| Jammu & Kashmir (as on 01.11.2017)   | 225.00       | -            | 350.00       | -            | 400.00       | -            | -              | -              |
| Jharkhand (as on 01.04.2017)         | 229.90       | -            | 240.85       | -            | 317.49       | -            | 366.75         | -              |
| Karnataka (as on 13.12.2017)         | 258.80       | -            | -            | -            | -            | -            | -              | 592.14         |
| Kerala (as on 31.12.2016)            | 287          | 510          | 289.70       | 498.00       | 278.60       | 533          | 284.60         | 556.00         |
| Madhya Pradesh (as on 01.10.2017)    | 200.00       | 274.00       | 266.00       | 360.00       | 312.00       | 408.00       | 355.00         | 410.00         |
| Maharashtra (as on 01.01.2015)       | 180.00       | 315.49       | -            | -            | -            | -            | -              | -              |
| Meghalaya (as on 01.04.2017)         | 189.00       | -            | 201.00       | -            | 212.00       | -            | 235.00         | -              |
| Manipur (as on 01.01.2015)           | 122.10       | 122.10       | 129.97       | 129.97       | 132.60       | 132.60       | -              | -              |
| Mizoram (as on 01.04.2016)           | 270.00       | -            | 300.00       | -            | 370.00       | -            | 460.00         | -              |
| Nagaland (as on 15.06.2012)          | 115.00       | -            | 125.00       | -            | 135.00       | -            | 145.00         | -              |
| Odisha (as on 01.03.2017)            | 200.00       | -            | 220.00       | -            | 240.00       | -            | 260.00         | -              |

| Punjab (as on 01.10.2017)         |   293.62 | 293.62   | 323.62   | 323.62   | 358.12   | 358.12   | 397.82   | 397.82   |
|-----------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| Rajasthan (as on 01.01.2017)      |   207    | -        | 217.00   | -        | 227.00   | -        | 277.00   | -        |
| Sikkim (as on 01.07.2017)         |   300    | -        | 320.00   | -        | 335.00   | -        | 365.00   | -        |
| Tamil Nadu (as on 31.08.2017)     |   182.73 | -        | -        | -        | -        | -        | -        | 505.10   |
| Tripura (as on 01.01.2015)        |   179.96 | 359.00   | 197.42   | 389.00   | 220.76   | 419.00   | 325.00   | 630.84   |
| Uttarakhand (as on 01.01.2015)    |   200    | 272.12   | 231.54   | 291.54   | 235.31   | 310.96   | 249.23   | 356.35   |
| Uttar Pradesh (as on 01.04.2017)  |   228.07 | 284.63   | 260.65   | 313.10   | 310.78   | 350.72   | 324.90   | -        |
| West Bengal (as on 01.01.2015)    |   211    | 278.00   | 232.00   | 306.00   | 255.00   | 337.00   | 370.00   | -        |
| A.& N. Islands (as on 01.01.2018) |   437    | -        | 494.00   | -        | 579.00   | -        | 637.00   | -        |
| Chandigarh (as on 01.10.2017)     |   350    | -        | 356.00   | 359.00   | 367.00   | 376.00   | 391.00   | -        |
| D & N Haveli (as on 01.04.2016)   |   277.7  | -        | 285.70   | -        | 293.70   | -        | -        | -        |
| Daman & Diu (as on 01.04.2017)    |   287.5  | -        | 295.50   | -        | 303.50   | -        | -        | -        |
| Delhi (as on 01.04.2017)          |   522    | -        | 575.00   | -        | 633.00   | -        | -        | -        |
| Lakshadweep (as on 10.01.2017)    |   267.2  | -        | 292.20   | -        | 317.20   | -        | 342.20   | -        |
| Puducherry (as on 01.01.2015)     |    55    | 255.00   | -        | -        | -        | -        | -        | -        |
| Telangana (as on 01.04.2015)      |    69.27 | -        | -        | -        | -        | -        | -        | 380.48   |

* Rates for unskilled workers for Assam and West Bengal exclude Tea garden workers.

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