Lok Sabha Question No. 1118 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Minimum Wages
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, RAHUL KASWAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1118 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## MINIMUM WAGES

1118. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

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

- (a) the State-wise and area-wise details of the minimum wages being paid  to  the  labourers  in  both  organized  and  unorganized  sector especially in Rajasthan;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  fixed  the  minimum  wages  for  the workers working in factories and companies and as daily wagers and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  save  all  the workers of different categories from exploitation;
- (d)  whether  there  is  any  proposal  with  the  Government  for  universal minimum  wages  for  all  industries  and  workers,  including  those getting monthly pay higher than Rs. 18,000 and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has also notified Wage Code Bill to set a minimum  wage  across  all  sectors  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): A  statement indicating State-wise range of minimum wages as per  available  information  in  this  Ministry  fixed  by  the  various  State Governments/UTs  is  placed  at  Annexure-I    and  minimum  rates  of wages  area-wise  as  applicable  in  Central  Sphere  with  effect  from 01.10.2018 is placed at Annexure-II.

- (b): 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,  oilfields, major port or any corporation established by a Central Government.
- (c): 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 non-compliance, penal provisions against the defaulting employers are invoked.
- (d): There  is  no  such  proposal  with  the  Government  for  universal minimum wages for all industries and workers including those getting pay higher than Rs. 18,000 under the Minimum Wage Act, 1948.
- (e):   In this regard, the Labour Code on Wages Bill, 2017  introduced in Lok Sabha on 10.08.2017 has a provision for fixing 'National Minimum Wage/Wages  by  notification,  which  may  be  different  for  different States  or  geographical  areas.  The  minimum  rates  of  wages  fixed  by the  appropriate  Government  shall  not  be  less  than  the  'National Minimum  Wage'. If the minimum  rates of wages  fixed by the appropriate  Government  earlier  is  more  than  the  'national  minimum wage', then the appropriate Government  shall not reduce such minimum rate of wage fixed by it earlier.

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Annexure- I Annexure in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1118 for 17.12.2018 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       | 211.00       | 278.00       | 232.00       | 306.00       | 255.00       | 337.00       | 370.00         | -              |
| 29        | A.& N. Islands    | 437.00       | -            | 494.00       | -            | 579.00       | -            | 637.00         | -              |
| 30        | Chandigarh        | 350.00       | -            | 356.00       | 359.00       | 367.00       | 376.00       | 391.00         | -              |
| 31        | D &NHaveli        | 277.70       | -            | 285.70       | -            | 293.70       | -            | -              | -              |
| 32        | Daman &Diu        | 287.50       | -            | 295.50       | -            | 303.50       | -            | -              | -              |
| 33        |                   |              |              |              |              |              |              |                | -              |
|           | Delhi             | 538.00       | -            | 592.00       | -            | 652.00       | -            | - 389.80       |                |
| 34        | Lakshadweep       | 314.80       | -            | 339.80 -     | -            | 364.80       | -            |                | -              |
| 35        | Puducherry        | 55.00        | 255.00       |              | -            | -            | -            | -              | -              |
| 36        | Telangana         | 69.27        | -            | -            | -            | -            | -            | -              | 413.63         |

* Rates for unskilled workers for Assam and West Bengal exclude Tea Garden Workers

## Annexure  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1118  for 17.12.2018

## Area wise Rates of Minimum Wages for Scheduled Employments in the Central Sphere As on 01.10.2018

| 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                                                                     | 355.00                                                                     | 324.00                                                                     | 321.00                                                                     |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                            | 389.00                                                                     | 357.00                                                                     | 328.00                                                                     |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Skilled/Clerical                                                              | 422.00                                                                     | 389.00                                                                     | 356.00                                                                     |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Highly Skilled                                                                | 467.00                                                                     | 434.00                                                                     | 389.00                                                                     |
| 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                                                                 | 376.00                                                                     | 376.00                                                                     | 376.00                                                                     |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (b) Soft Soil with Rock                                                       | 566.00                                                                     | 566.00                                                                     | 566.00                                                                     |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (c) Rock                                                                      | 750.00                                                                     | 750.00                                                                     | 750.00                                                                     |
| 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 | 302.00                                                                     | 302.00                                                                     | 302.00                                                                     |
| 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                                                    | 2312.00                                                                    | 2312.00                                                                    | 2312.00                                                                    |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (b) Above 1.5 Inches to 3.0 Inches                                            | 1977.00                                                                    | 1977.00                                                                    | 1977.00                                                                    |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (c) Above 3.0 Inches to 5 Inches                                              | 1160.00                                                                    | 1160.00                                                                    | 1160.00                                                                    |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (d) Above 5.0 Inches                                                          | 952.00                                                                     | 952.00                                                                     | 952.00                                                                     |
| 3. Sweeping and Cleaning                                                | Unskilled                                                                     | 558.00                                                                     | 466.00                                                                     | 373.00                                                                     |
| 4. Watch and Ward                                                       | Without Arms                                                                  | 679.00                                                                     | 617.00                                                                     | 527.00                                                                     |
| 4. Watch and Ward                                                       | With Arms                                                                     | 738.00                                                                     | 679.00                                                                     | 617.00                                                                     |
| 5. Loading and Unloading                                                | Unskilled                                                                     | 558.00                                                                     | 466.00                                                                     | 373.00                                                                     |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Unskilled                                                                     | 558.00                                                                     | 466.00                                                                     | 373.00                                                                     |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                            | 617.00                                                                     | 527.00                                                                     | 437.00                                                                     |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Skilled/Clerical                                                              | 679.00                                                                     | 617.00                                                                     | 527.00                                                                     |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Highly Skilled                                                                | 738.00                                                                     | 679.00                                                                     | 617.00                                                                     |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       |                                                                               | Above Ground                                                               | Below Ground                                                               | Below Ground                                                               |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Unskilled                                                                     | 373.00                                                                     | 466.00                                                                     | 466.00                                                                     |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                            | 466.00                                                                     | 558.00                                                                     | 558.00                                                                     |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Skilled/Clerical                                                              | 558.00                                                                     | 651.00                                                                     | 651.00                                                                     |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Highly Skilled                                                                | 651.00                                                                     | 728.00                                                                     | 728.00                                                                     |
| Name of Schedulded Employment                                           | Nomenclature                                                                  | Nomenclature                                                               | Nomenclature                                                               | Nomenclature                                                               |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Agriculture                                                                   | 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)       |

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