Lok Sabha Question No. 4605 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Minimum Wages Guarantee Scheme
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Pashupati Kumar Paras

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4605 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2019

## MINIMUM WAGES GUARANTEE SCHEME

## †4605. SHRI PASHUPATI KUMAR PARAS: SHRI RAMCHANDRA PASWAN:

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

- (a)whether the Government proposes to implement Minimum Wages Guarantee
- Scheme in all the States;
- (b)if so, the number of youth likely to be benefitted through this Scheme;
- (c)whether  the  Government  has  made  any  assessment  with  regard  to  the percentage  of  unemployed  youth  likely  to  get  employment  through  this scheme;
- (d)if so, the State-wise details thereof;
- (e)whether  any  assessment  has  been  made  with  regard  to  the  State-wise benefit of this Scheme; and
- (f)whether the increase in the rate of employment of the youth of Bihar would result in curbing unemployment and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Sir,  There is no such proposal. However, a draft Labour Code on Wages Bill, 2019, has been prepared after amalgamation, simplification and rationalization of the relevant provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948; the Payment of Wages Act, 1936; the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965; and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976. The provisions of the Code on Wages Bill, 2019 are at pre-legislative stage.

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. A copy of current rate of minimum wages w.e.f.

01.04.2019 for Central Sphere is at Annexure.

(b) to (f):

Does not arise.

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## Annexure  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  4605  for 22.07.2019

## Area wise Current Rates of Minimum Wages for Scheduled Employments in the Central Sphere

## As on 01.04.2019

| Name of Scheduled Employment                                            |                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                        | 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                                            |                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                        | Area A                                                                                                                                                                 | Area B                                                                                                                                                                 | Area C                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 371.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 339.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 336.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | 407.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 373.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 343.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | 441.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 407.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 372.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | 488.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 454.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 407.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 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:                                                                                             | 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                                                                                                                                                          | (a) Soft Soil                                                                                                                                                          | 393.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 393.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 393.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (b) Soft Soil with Rock                                                                                                                                                | (b) Soft Soil with Rock                                                                                                                                                | 592.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 592.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 592.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (c) Rock                                                                                                                                                               | (c) Rock                                                                                                                                                               | 784.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 784.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 784.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 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                                                                                          | 2. Removal and Staking of rejected stones with 50 metres lead 1.5 metres lift                                                                                          | 316.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 316.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 316.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 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                                                                                                                    | 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                                                                                                                                             | (a) 1.0 inch to 1.5 inches                                                                                                                                             | 2417.00                                                                                                                                                                | 2417.00                                                                                                                                                                | 2417.00                                                                                                                                                                |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (b) Above 1.5 Inches to 3.0 Inches                                                                                                                                     | (b) Above 1.5 Inches to 3.0 Inches                                                                                                                                     | 2067.00                                                                                                                                                                | 2067.00                                                                                                                                                                | 2067.00                                                                                                                                                                |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (c) Above 3.0 Inches to 5 Inches                                                                                                                                       | (c) Above 3.0 Inches to 5 Inches                                                                                                                                       | 1213.00                                                                                                                                                                | 1213.00                                                                                                                                                                | 1213.00                                                                                                                                                                |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (d) Above 5.0 Inches                                                                                                                                                   | (d) Above 5.0 Inches                                                                                                                                                   | 995.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 995.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 995.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 3. Sweeping and Cleaning                                                | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 584.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 487.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 390.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 4. Watch and Ward                                                       | Without Arms                                                                                                                                                           | Without Arms                                                                                                                                                           | 710.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 645.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 551.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 4. Watch and Ward                                                       | With Arms                                                                                                                                                              | With Arms                                                                                                                                                              | 772.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 710.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 645.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 5. Loading and Unloading                                                | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 584.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 487.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 390.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 584.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 487.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 390.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | 645.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 551.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 457.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | 710.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 645.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 551.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | 772.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 710.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 645.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                                                                         | 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                                                                                                                      | 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                                                                                                                      | Above Ground                                                                                                                                                           | Below Ground                                                                                                                                                           | Below Ground                                                                                                                                                           |
|                                                                         | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 390.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 487.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 487.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                                                                         | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | 487.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 584.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 584.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                                                                         | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | 584.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 681.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 681.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                                                                         | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | 681.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 761.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 761.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Name of Schedulded Employment                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                            | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                            | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                            | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                            | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                            |
|                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                        | Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing                                                                                                   | Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing                                                                                                   | 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 | 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 | 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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. 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                                                                                                                                                  |
| 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 |

## 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)    | Pune (UA)        | Pune (UA)    | Pune (UA)         | 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.Co rpn)   |
| 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.Co rpn)   |
| 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.Co rpn)   |
| Dehradun          | (UA)         | Madurai          | (UA)         | Vadodara          | (UA)         |
| Dhanbad           | (UA)         | Malappuram       | (UA)         | Varanasi          | (UA)         |

| Durgapur                                                                                               | (UA)                                                                                                   | Malegaon                                                                                               | (UA)                                                                                                   | Vasai- Virar City                                                                                      | (M.Co rpn)                                                                                             |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Durg-Bhilai Nagar                                                                                      | (UA)                                                                                                   | Mangalore                                                                                              | (UA)                                                                                                   | Vijayawada                                                                                             | (UA)                                                                                                   |
| Erode                                                                                                  | (UA)                                                                                                   | Meerut                                                                                                 | (UA)                                                                                                   | Vishakhapatnam                                                                                         | (M.Co rpn)                                                                                             |
| 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. | Area 'C' will comprise all areas not mentioned in this list. NB : U.A. stands for Urban Agglomeration. | Area 'C' will comprise all areas not mentioned in this list. NB : U.A. stands for Urban Agglomeration. | Area 'C' will comprise all areas not mentioned in this list. NB : U.A. stands for Urban Agglomeration. | Area 'C' will comprise all areas not mentioned in this list. NB : U.A. stands for Urban Agglomeration. | Area 'C' will comprise all areas not mentioned in this list. NB : U.A. stands for Urban Agglomeration. |

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