Lok Sabha Question No. 1367 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Minimum Monthly Wages
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1367

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2021

## MINIMUM MONTHLY WAGES

†1367. SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  increased  the  minimum  monthly wages for the labourers;
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether the labourers have stated getting the benefit of the hike in
- the minimum wages in all the States;
- (d)if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons, therefor; and
- (e)the time by which the benefits of increased minimum wages will be available to the labourers in all the States of the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a) to (e): Under  the  provisions  of  the  Minimum  Wages  Act,  1948, both the Central and the State Governments are appropriate Governments  to  fix,  review  and  revise  the  minimum  wages  of  the employees  employed  in  the  scheduled  employments  under  their respective jurisdictions. The  Central  Government  and  the  State Governments are mandated under section 3(1) (b) of the Act to revise the Minimum Rates of Wages payable to the employees engaged in the scheduled  employments  in  their  respective  jurisdictions  at  intervals not exceeding five years. Accordingly, the minimum rates of wages in the scheduled employments in the Central sphere were last revised by the Central  Government in  2017.  The details  of periodic  revision  of

minimum rates of wages in the scheduled employments in the State sphere are not Centrally maintained. Further, in order to take care of the rising prices, the Central Government  revises the Variable Dearness Allowance (V.D.A) on basic rates of minimum wages every six months effective from 1st April and 1st October every year on the basis of Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers. V.D.A. was last revised w.e.f. 01.10.2021. A statement showing increase in the rates of  wages  on  account  of  increasing  V.D.A  payable  to  the  employees engaged  in  the  scheduled  employments  in  the  Central  Sphere  is  at Annexure.

Enforcement of the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948,  including  payment  of  the  minimum  wages,  is  secured  at  two levels. The enforcement in the Central sphere is secured through the Inspecting officers of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) commonly designated as Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM)  and  in  the  State  Sphere  through  the  State  Enforcement Machinery.      The  designated  inspecting  officers  conduct  regular inspections and in the event of detection of any case of non-payment or  under-payment  of  minimum  wages,  they  direct  the  employers  to make payment of the shortfall of  wages. In case of non-compliance, penal  provisions  prescribed  under  Section  22  of  the  Act  are  taken recourse to.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1367 FOR 06.12.2021 REGARDING MINIMUM MONTHLY WAGES.

Statement showing increased rates of wages on account of revision in VDA from 01.04.2021 to 01.10.2021.

| Name of Scheduled         | 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.)                                                                    | 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.)                                                                    |
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Employment                |                                                                                                                        | Area-A                                                                                                             | Area-A                                                                                                             | Area-B                                                                                                             | Area-B                                                                                                             | Area-C                                                                                                             | Area-C                                                                                                             |
|                           |                                                                                                                        | As on 01.04.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.10.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.04.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.10.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.04.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.10.2021                                                                                                   |
| 1. Agriculture            | Unskilled                                                                                                              | 411                                                                                                                | 417                                                                                                                | 375                                                                                                                | 380                                                                                                                | 372                                                                                                                | 377                                                                                                                |
| 1. Agriculture            | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                     | 449                                                                                                                | 455                                                                                                                | 413                                                                                                                | 419                                                                                                                | 379                                                                                                                | 384                                                                                                                |
| 1. Agriculture            | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                       | 488                                                                                                                | 495                                                                                                                | 449                                                                                                                | 455                                                                                                                | 412                                                                                                                | 418                                                                                                                |
| 1. Agriculture            | Highly Skilled                                                                                                         | 540                                                                                                                | 547                                                                                                                | 502                                                                                                                | 509                                                                                                                | 449                                                                                                                | 455                                                                                                                |
| 2. Stone Mines            | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift (Per 2.831 cubic meters/100 cubic feet):     | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift (Per 2.831 cubic meters/100 cubic feet): | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift (Per 2.831 cubic meters/100 cubic feet): | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift (Per 2.831 cubic meters/100 cubic feet): | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift (Per 2.831 cubic meters/100 cubic feet): | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift (Per 2.831 cubic meters/100 cubic feet): | 1. Excavation &removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift (Per 2.831 cubic meters/100 cubic feet): |
| 2. Stone Mines            |                                                                                                                        | As on 01.04.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.04.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.04.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.10.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.10.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.10.2021                                                                                                   |
| 2. Stone Mines            | (a) Soft Soil                                                                                                          | 435                                                                                                                | 435                                                                                                                | 435                                                                                                                | 441                                                                                                                | 441                                                                                                                | 441                                                                                                                |
| 2. Stone Mines            | (b) Soft Soil with Rock                                                                                                | 654                                                                                                                | 654                                                                                                                | 654                                                                                                                | 663                                                                                                                | 663                                                                                                                | 663                                                                                                                |
| 2. Stone Mines            | (c) Rock                                                                                                               | 866                                                                                                                | 866                                                                                                                | 866                                                                                                                | 878                                                                                                                | 878                                                                                                                | 878                                                                                                                |
| 2. Stone Mines            | 2. Removal and Staking of rejected stones with 50 meters lead 1.5 meters lift (Per 2.831 cubic meters/100 cubic feet): | 349                                                                                                                | 349                                                                                                                | 349                                                                                                                | 354                                                                                                                | 354                                                                                                                | 354                                                                                                                |
| 2. Stone Mines            | 3. Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size (Per truck load of 5.662 cubic meters/200 cubic feet):          | 3. Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size (Per truck load of 5.662 cubic meters/200 cubic feet):      | 3. Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size (Per truck load of 5.662 cubic meters/200 cubic feet):      | 3. Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size (Per truck load of 5.662 cubic meters/200 cubic feet):      | 3. Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size (Per truck load of 5.662 cubic meters/200 cubic feet):      | 3. Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size (Per truck load of 5.662 cubic meters/200 cubic feet):      | 3. Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size (Per truck load of 5.662 cubic meters/200 cubic feet):      |
| 2. Stone Mines            | (a) 1.0 inch to 1.5 inches                                                                                             | 2666                                                                                                               | 2666                                                                                                               | 2666                                                                                                               | 2701                                                                                                               | 2701                                                                                                               | 2701                                                                                                               |
| 2. Stone Mines            | (b) Above 1.5 Inches to 3.0 Inches                                                                                     | 2280                                                                                                               | 2280                                                                                                               | 2280                                                                                                               | 2310                                                                                                               | 2310                                                                                                               | 2310                                                                                                               |
| 2. Stone Mines            | (c) Above 3.0 Inches to 5 Inches                                                                                       | 1338                                                                                                               | 1338                                                                                                               | 1338                                                                                                               | 1356                                                                                                               | 1356                                                                                                               | 1356                                                                                                               |
| 2. Stone Mines            | (d) Above 5.0 Inches                                                                                                   | 1099                                                                                                               | 1099                                                                                                               | 1099                                                                                                               | 1114                                                                                                               | 1114                                                                                                               | 1114                                                                                                               |
|                           |                                                                                                                        | Area-A                                                                                                             | Area-A                                                                                                             | Area-B                                                                                                             | Area-B                                                                                                             | Area-C                                                                                                             | Area-C                                                                                                             |
|                           |                                                                                                                        | As on 01.04.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.10.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.04.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.10.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.04.2021                                                                                                   | As on 01.10.2021                                                                                                   |
| 3. Sweeping and Cleaning* | Unskilled                                                                                                              | 645                                                                                                                | 654                                                                                                                | 539                                                                                                                | 546                                                                                                                | 431                                                                                                                | 437                                                                                                                |
| 4. Watch and Ward         | Without Arms                                                                                                           | 784                                                                                                                | 795                                                                                                                | 714                                                                                                                | 724                                                                                                                | 609                                                                                                                | 617                                                                                                                |
|                           | With Arms                                                                                                              | 853                                                                                                                | 864                                                                                                                | 784                                                                                                                | 795                                                                                                                | 714                                                                                                                | 724                                                                                                                |

| 5. Loading and Unloading#   | Unskilled                           | 645              | 654              | 654              | 539              | 546              | 431 437          | 431 437          |                  |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 6. Construction^            | Unskilled                           | 645              | 654              | 654              | 539              | 546              | 431              | 431              | 437              |
| 6. Construction^            | Semi- Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory | 714              | 724              | 724              | 609              | 617              | 505              | 505              | 512              |
| 6. Construction^            | Skilled/Clerical                    | 784              | 795              | 795              | 714              | 724              | 609              | 609              | 617              |
| 6. Construction^            | Highly Skilled                      | 853              | 864              | 864              | 784              | 795              | 714              | 714              | 724              |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines $         |                                     | Above Ground     | Above Ground     | Above Ground     | Above Ground     | Below Ground     | Below Ground     | Below Ground     | Below Ground     |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines $         |                                     | As on 01.04.2021 | As on 01.04.2021 | As on 01.10.2021 | As on 01.10.2021 | As on 01.04.2021 | As on 01.04.2021 | As on 01.10.2021 | As on 01.10.2021 |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines $         | Unskilled                           | 431              | 431              | 437              | 437              | 539              | 539              | 546              | 546              |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines $         | Semi- Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory | 539              | 539              | 546              | 546              | 645              | 645              | 654              | 654              |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines $         | Skilled/Clerical                    | 645              | 645              | 654              | 654              | 752              | 752              | 762              | 762              |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines $         | Highly Skilled                      | 752              | 752              | 762              | 762              | 840              | 840              | 851              | 851              |

* Employees  engaged  in  the  employment  of  Sweeping  and  Cleaning  excluding  Activities  prohibited  under  the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993.

# Employees engaged in the employment of Loading and Unloading in (i) Goods Sheds, Parcel Offices of Railways; (ii)  Other  Goods  Sheds,  Godowns,  Warehouses  and  other  similar  employments;    (iii)  Docks  and  Ports;  and  (iv) Passengers Goods and Cargo Carried out at Airports (Both International and Domestic).

^ Employees  engaged  in  the  employment  ofconstruction  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.

$ Employees  engaged  in  the  employment  of  Gypsum  Mines,  Barytes  Mines,  Bauxite  Mines,  Manganese  Mines, China Clay Mines, Kyanite Mines, Copper Mines,Clay Mines, Magnesite Mines, White Clay Mines, Stone Mines, Steatite  Mines  (including  the  mines  producing  Soap  Stones  and  Talc),  Ochre  Mines,  Asbestos  Mines,  Fire  Clay Mines,  Chromite  Mines,  Quartzite  Mines,  Quartz  Mines,  Silica  Mines,  Graphite  Mines,  Felspar  Mines,  Laterite Mines,  Dolomite  Mines,  Red  Oxide  Mines,  Wolfram  Mines,  Iron  Ore  Mines,  Granite  Mines,  Rock  Phosphate Mines,  Hematite  Mines,  Marble  and  Calcite  Mines,  Uranium  Mines,  Mica  Mines,  Lignite  Mines,  Gravel  Mines, Slate and Magnetite Mines.

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