Lok Sabha Question No. 790 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Minimum Wages to Adhoc/Contract Teachers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, B.N. CHANDRAPPA, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 790 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## MINIMUM WAGES TO ADHOC/CONTRACT TEACHERS

## 790. SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA: SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

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

- (a)whether the Government is aware that thousands of teachers working on adhoc/contract  basis  in  the  country  are  reportedly  not  getting  even minimum wages;
- (b)if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c)the  action  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  against  the  school managements in this regard, State/UT-wise; and
- (d)the measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to streamline the system and ensure that at least minimum wages are paid to all contractual and adhoc teachers across the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (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,  oil-fields,  major  port  or  any corporation  established  by  a  Central  Government.  These  rates  are  equally applicable to contract and casual labourers/workers. There are 45 scheduled employments in the Central  Sphere  (Annexure  'A')  which  does  not  include contractual and adhoc teachers.

The implementation of the Act is done by the Centre as well as the States in respect of their respective jurisdiction. The compliance in the State  Sphere  is  ensured  through  the  State  enforcement  machinery.  The the provisions of the Act.  They conduct regular inspections and in the event of detection  of  any  case  of  non-payment  of  minimum  wages,  they  advise  the officers of these  machineries are appointed as Inspectors under employers  to  make  payment  of  the  shortfall  of  wages.  In  case  of  noncompliance, penal provisions against the defaulting employers are invoked.

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## ANNEXURE IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (D) OF LSUQ NO. 790 FOR 23.07.2018

## SCHEDULED EMPLOYMENTS FOR WHICH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS FIXED MINIMUM WAGES UNDER THE MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948

|   S. No | Name of Employment                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|       2 | Construction/Maintenance of Roads and Building Operations.                                                                                                                                                                              |
|       3 | Maintenance of buildings                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|       4 | Construction and Maintenance of Runways.                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|       5 | Gypsum mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|       6 | Barites mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|       7 | Bauxite mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|       8 | Manganese mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|       9 | China Clay mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|      10 | Kyanite mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|      11 | Copper mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|      12 | Clay mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|      13 | Stone mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|      14 | White Clay mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|      15 | Orchire mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|      16 | Fire Clay mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|      17 | Steatite (Soapstone and Talc) Mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|      18 | Asbestos mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      19 | Chromite mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      20 | Quartzite Mines                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      21 | Quartz mines                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|      22 | Silica mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|      23 | Magnesite Mines                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      24 | Graphite mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      25 | Felspar mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|      26 | Red oxide mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|      27 | Laterite mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      28 | Dolomite mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      29 | Iron Ore mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      30 | Granite mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|      31 | Wolfram mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|      32 | Magnetite mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|      33 | Rock phosphate mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|      34 | Hematite mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      35 | Marble and Calcite Mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|      36 | Uranium mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|      37 | Mica mines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|      38 | Employment in Lignite Mines                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|      39 | Employment in Gravel Mines                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|      40 | Employment in the Slate Mines                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|      41 | Employment in laying down of underground electric, wireless, radio, television, telephone, telegraph and overseas communication cables and similar other underground cabling, electric lines water supply lines and sewerage pipe lines |
|      42 | Loading, Unloading in Railways Goods Shed                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|      43 | Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|      44 | Employment in Sweeping and Cleaning                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|      45 | Watch &Ward                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

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