Lok Sabha Question No. 1257 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-11
Subject: Increase in Minimum Wages
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA, NIHAL CHAND CHAUHAN

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1257 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2019

## INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGES

†1257. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA: SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

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

- (a)whether the Government has increased minimum wages for labourers in
- the organised and unorganised sector during the last five years;
- (b)if  so,  the  year-wise/State-wise/UT-wise  details  thereof  along  with  the rule/law under which the said increase has been made;
- (c)whether the Government increases the minimum wages of organised and
- unorganised sector keeping in view the recession/boom in the economy;
- (d)if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)the  effective  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  save  the  labourers
- from exploitation?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d):  According to the provisions contained in the Minimum Wages Act, 1948,  the  appropriate  Government  revises  the  minimum  wages  in  all  the scheduled  employments  under  its  jurisdiction  at  an  interval  not  exceeding five  years.  Recently,  Central  Government  has  revised  the  basic  minimum wages on 19.01.2017  for  Agriculture,  Construction,  Non-Coal  Mines,  StoneMines, Sweeping and Cleaning, Watch & Ward and Loading/ Unloading, after consultation with the Minimum Wages Advisory Board.

However, in the Central sphere, wages are revised on half yearly basis  effective  from  1st  April  and  1st  October  every  year  by  addition  of Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA).

The  range  of  minimum wages as per available information in this Ministry fixed by the various State Governments/UTs is given at Annexure I.

- (e): The  implementation  of  the  Minimum  Wages  Act,  1948  are  carried out  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.

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## Category wise variation in Minimum Wages per day in All States as on 01.11.2018 (Provisional)

| Sl.No.   | State/UT          | Categories   | Categories   | Categories   | Categories   | Categories   | Categories   | Categories     | Categories     |
|----------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl.No.   | State/UT          | Unskilled    | Unskilled    | Semi Skilled | Semi Skilled | Skilled      | Skilled      | Highly Skilled | Highly Skilled |
| Sl.No.   | State/UT          | Min.         | Max.         | Min.         | Max.         | Min.         | Max.         | Min.           | Max.           |
|          | Central Sphere    | 321.00       | 558.00       | 328.00       | 617.00       | 356.00       | 679.00       | 389.00         | 738.00         |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 69.27        | -            | -            | -            | -            | -            | -              | 895.83         |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 150.00       | 170.00       | 160.00       | 180.00       | 170.00       | 190.00       | -              | -              |
| 3        | Assam             | 244.56       | -            | 285.32       | -            | 356.65       | -            | 458.55         | -              |
| 4        | Bihar             | 181.00       | 197.00       | 188.00       | 206.00       | 232.00       | 251.00       | 282.00         | 308.00         |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 234.00       | 325.00       | 249.95       | 350.00       | 242.79       | 380.00       | 338.00         | 410.00         |
| 6        | Goa               | 307.00       | 465.00       | 321.00       | 465.00       | 386.00       | 465.00       | 418.00         | 465.00         |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 100.00       | 276.00       | 105.00       | 284.00       | 115.00       | 293.00       | -              | -              |
| 8        | Haryana           | 326.82       | -            | 343.17       | 360.32       | 378.34       | 397.26       | 417.12         | -              |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 184.87       | 210.00       | 199.12       | 227.00       | 228.37       | 254.17       | 242.40         | 314.50         |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 225.00       | -            | 350.00       | -            | 400.00       | -            | -              | -              |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 229.90       | -            | 240.85       | -            | 317.49       | -            | 366.75         | -              |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 262.40       | -            | -            | -            | -            | -            | -              | 607.32         |
| 13       | Kerala            | 287          | 510          | 289.70       | 498.00       | 278.60       | 533          | 284.60         | 556.00         |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 283.65       | -            | 316.65       | -            | 369.65       | -            | 419.65         | -              |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 180.00       | 315.49       | -            | -            | -            | -            | -              | -              |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | 189.00       | -            | 201.00       | -            | 212.00       | -            | 235.00         | -              |
| 17       | Manipur           | 273.00       | -            | 248.00       | -            | 225.00       | -            | -              | -              |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 270.00       | -            | 300.00       | -            | 370.00       | -            | 460.00         | -              |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 115.00       | -            | 125.00       | -            | 135.00       | -            | 145.00         | -              |
| 20       | Odisha            | 200.00       | -            | 220.00       | -            | 240.00       | -            | 260.00         | -              |
| 21       | Punjab            | 311.12       | -            | 341.12       | -            | 375.62       | -            | 415.32         | -              |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 207.00       | -            | 217.00       | -            | 227.00       | -            | 277.00         | -              |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 300.00       | -            | 320.00       | -            | 335.00       | -            | 365.00         | -              |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 182.73       | -            | -            | -            | -            | -            | -              | 505.10         |
| 25       | Tripura           | 179.96       | 359.00       | 197.42       | 389.00       | 220.76       | 419.00       | 325.00         | 630.84         |

|   26 | Uttarakhand    |   200.00 | 272.12   | 231.54   | 291.54   | 235.31   | 310.96   | 249.23   | 356.35   |
|------|----------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|   27 | Uttar Pradesh  |   228.07 | 284.63   | 260.65   | 313.10   | 310.78   | 350.72   | 324.90   | -        |
|   28 | West Bengal    |   211    | 278.00   | 232.00   | 306.00   | 255.00   | 337.00   | 370.00   | -        |
|   29 | A.& N. Islands |   437    | -        | 494.00   | -        | 579.00   | -        | 637.00   | -        |
|   30 | Chandigarh     |   350    | -        | 356.00   | 359.00   | 367.00   | 376.00   | 391.00   | -        |
|   31 | D & N Haveli   |   277.7  | -        | 285.70   | -        | 293.70   | -        | -        | -        |
|   32 | Daman & Diu    |   287.5  | -        | 295.50   | -        | 303.50   | -        | -        | -        |
|   33 | Delhi          |   538    | -        | 592.00   | -        | 652.00   | -        | -        | -        |
|   34 | Lakshadweep    |   314.8  | -        | 339.80   | -        | 364.80   | -        | 389.80   | -        |
|   35 | Puducherry     |    55    | 255.00   | -        | -        | -        | -        | -        | -        |
|   36 | Telangana      |    69.27 | -        | -        | -        | -        | -        | -        | 413.63   |

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

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