Lok Sabha Question No. 201 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-25
Subject: Disparity in Wages
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: C. MAHENDRAN

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 201 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.04.2016

## DISPARITY IN WAGES

## 201. SHRI C. MAHENDRAN:

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

- (a)the details of minimum  wages  fixed for the agriculture and nonagricultural workers in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)whether  the  gap  between  per-worker  earning  in  agriculture  and  nonagricultural  sector  has  considerably  widened  recently  and  if  so,  the details thereof along with the corrective action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c)whether the Government proposes to introduce a uniform system for fixing wage  rates  for  the  workers  engaged  in  agriculture  and  non-agricultural sector throughout the country to remove the said disparity and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)whether a large number of workers engaged in low productivity activities in  the  unorganised  sectors  are  facing  severe  challenges  and  if  so,  the details thereof and the remedial steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a): The  rates  of  minimum  wages  fixed  for  agriculture  and  nonagricultural  workers  in  the  Central  Sphere  is  at  Annexure  I.  The  range  of minimum wages in the State Sphere is at Annexure II.
- (b) to (d): There  is  a  wide  regional  disparity  in  minimum  wages  due  to variations in socio-economic and agro-climatic conditions, income, prices of essential  commodities,  paying  capacity,  productivity  and  local  conditions. However,  as  a  step  towards  moving  for  a  uniform  wage  structure,  as recommended by the National Commission on Rural Labour and to reduce the disparity  in  minimum  wages  across  the  country,  the  concept  of  National Floor  Level  Minimum  Wage  (NFLMW)  has  already  been  mooted  by  the Government  in  1996  on  a  voluntary  basis.  It  is  revised  from  time  to  time taking  into  account  the  increase  in  the  Consumer  Price  Index  Number. NFLMW has been revised recently to Rs.160/- per day  w. e. f 01.07.2015.

The  State  Governments  are  regularly  advised  to  fix  and  revise minimum wages in scheduled employments not below National Floor Level

Minimum Wage.

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## Annexure in reply to part (a) of Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 201 for 25.04.2016

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

As on 01.04.2016

| Name of Schedulded 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 Schedulded Employment                                           |                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                        | Area A                                                                                                                                                                 | Area B                                                                                                                                                                 | Area C                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 234.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 213.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 211.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | 256.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 236.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 216.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | 278.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 256.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 235.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | 308.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 286.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 256.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 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                                                                                                                                                          | 247.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 247.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 247.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (b) Soft Soil with Rock                                                                                                                                                | (b) Soft Soil with Rock                                                                                                                                                | 373.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 373.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 373.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (c) Rock                                                                                                                                                               | (c) Rock                                                                                                                                                               | 494.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 494.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 494.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 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                                                                                          | 199.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 199.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 199.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 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                                                                                                                                             | 1528.00                                                                                                                                                                | 1528.00                                                                                                                                                                | 1528.00                                                                                                                                                                |
| 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                                                                                                                                     | 1307.00                                                                                                                                                                | 1307.00                                                                                                                                                                | 1307.00                                                                                                                                                                |
| 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                                                                                                                                       | 765.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 765.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 765.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing | (d) Above 5.0 Inches                                                                                                                                                   | (d) Above 5.0 Inches                                                                                                                                                   | 628.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 628.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 628.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 3. Sweeping and Cleaning                                                | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 368.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 307.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 246.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 4. Watch and Ward                                                       | Without Arms                                                                                                                                                           | Without Arms                                                                                                                                                           | 407.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 347.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 288.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                                                                         | With Arms                                                                                                                                                              | With Arms                                                                                                                                                              | 448.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 407.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 347.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 5. Loading and Unloading                                                | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 368.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 307.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 246.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 368.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 307.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 246.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | 407.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 347.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 288.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | 448.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 407.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 347.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6. Construction                                                         | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | 487.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 448.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 407.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       |                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                        | Above Ground                                                                                                                                                           | Below Ground                                                                                                                                                           | Below Ground                                                                                                                                                           |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | Unskilled                                                                                                                                                              | 246.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 307.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 307.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory                                                                                                                                     | 307.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 368.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 368.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | Skilled/Clerical                                                                                                                                                       | 368.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 429.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 429.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 7. Non-Coal Mines                                                       | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | Highly Skilled                                                                                                                                                         | 429.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 487.00                                                                                                                                                                 | 487.00                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Name of Schedulded Employment                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           | Nomenclature                                                                                                                                                           |
| 1. Agriculture                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                        | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                            | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                            | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                            | Agriculture                                                                                                                                                            |
| 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone          | 2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone                                                                                                         | 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                                                                                                   |
| 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                                                                                                                                           | Employment of Watch and Ward                                                                                                                                           | Employment of 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 Goods sheds, Godowns, Warehouses etc. and; (iii) Docks and Ports        | Employment in Loading and Unloading in (i) Goods Sheds, Parcel Offices of Railways; (ii) Other Goods sheds, Godowns, Warehouses etc. and; (iii) Docks and Ports        | Employment in Loading and Unloading in (i) Goods Sheds, Parcel Offices of Railways; (ii) Other Goods sheds, Godowns, Warehouses etc. and; (iii) Docks and Ports        | Employment in Loading and Unloading in (i) Goods Sheds, Parcel Offices of Railways; (ii) Other Goods sheds, Godowns, Warehouses etc. and; (iii) Docks and Ports        | Employment in Loading and Unloading in (i) Goods Sheds, Parcel Offices of Railways; (ii) Other Goods sheds, 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    |              |                   |              |                   |              |
| AREA - 'B'     | AREA - 'B'   | AREA - 'B'        | AREA - 'B'   | AREA - 'B'        | AREA - 'B'   |
| Agra           | (UA)         | Jodhpur           |              | Jabalpur          | (UA)         |
| Ajmer          |              | Kochi             | (UA)         | Jaipur            | (UA)         |
| Aligarh        |              | Kolhapur          | (UA)         | Jalandhar         | (UA)         |
| Allahabad      | (UA)         | Kozhikode         | (UA)         | Jamshedpur        | (UA)         |
| Amravati       |              | Kota              |              | Puducherry        | (UA)         |
| Aurangabad     | (UA)         | Ludhiana          |              | Jalandhar-cantt.  |              |
| Bareilly       | (UA)         | Madurai           | (UA)         | Dhanbad           | (UA)         |
| Bhavnagar      |              | Meerut            | (UA)         | Dehradun          | (UA)         |
| Bikaner        |              | Moradabad         | (UA)         | Durg-Bhilai Nagar | (UA)         |
| Bhopal         |              | Mysore            | (UA)         | Jammu             | (UA)         |
| Bhubaneshwar   |              | Nasik             | (UA)         | Jamnagar          | (UA)         |
| Amritsar       | (UA)         | Pune              | (UA)         | Vijayawada        | (UA)         |
| Chandigarh     | (UA)         | Patna             | (UA)         | Vishakhapatnam    | (UA)         |
| Coimbatore     | (UA)         | Raipur            | (UA)         | Warangal          |              |
| Cuttack        | (UA)         | Rajkot            |              | Mangalore         | (UA)         |
| Durgapur       |              | Ranchi            | (UA)         | Salem             | (UA)         |
| Gorakhpur      |              | Sholapur          |              | Tiruppur          | (UA)         |
| Guwahati City  |              | Srinagar          | (UA)         | Tiruchirappalli   | (UA)         |
| Guntur         |              | Surat             | (UA)         | Asansol           | (UA)         |
| Gwalior        | (UA)         | Thiruvanantapuram | (UA)         | Belgaum           | (UA)         |
| Indore         | (UA)         | Vadodara          | (UA)         | Bhiwandi          | (UA)         |
| Hubli-Dharwad  |              | Varanasi          | (UA)         |                   |              |

Area 'C' will comprise all areas not mentioned in this list.

NB

: U.A. stands for Urban Agglomeration.

## Category wise Range of Minimum Rates of Wages in All States as on 01.04.2016

| Sl. No.   |                   | Categories   | Categories   | Categories   | Categories   | Categories   | Categories   | Categories     | Categories     |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
|           | State/UT          | Unskilled    | Unskilled    | Semi Skilled | Semi Skilled | Skilled      | Skilled      | Highly Skilled | Highly Skilled |
|           |                   | Minimum      | Maximum      | Minimum      | Maximum      | Minimum      | Maximum      | Minimum        | Maximum        |
|           | Central Sphere    | 204.00       | 294.00       | 209.00       | 353.00       | 227.00       | 411.00       | 247.00         | 467.00         |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 69.27        | -            | -            | -            | -            | -            | -              | 858.83         |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 150.00       | 170.00       | 160.00       | 180.00       | 170.00       | 190.00       | -              | -              |
| 3         | Assam             | 240.00       | -            | 280.00       | -            | 350.00       | -            | 450.00         | -              |
| 4         | Bihar             | 181.00       | 197.00       | 188.00       | 206.00       | 232.00       | 251.00       | 282.00         | 308.00         |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 157.00       | 242.00       | 201.00       | 247.00       | 210.00       | 256.00       | 236.00         | 266.00         |
| 6         | Goa               | 215.00       | 216.00       | 223.00       | 229.00       | 227.00       | 232.00       | 235.00         | 292.00         |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 150.00       | 276.00       | 276.00       | 284.00       | 284.00       | 293.00       | -              | -              |
| 8         | Haryana           | 226.40       | 226.40       | 231.40       | 236.40       | 241.40       | 246.40       | 251.40         | 251.40         |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 170.00       | 185.55       | 180.17       | 187.00       | 206.52       | 214.00       | 227.12         | 274.50         |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir*  | 150.00       | 150.00       | 175.00       | 175.00       | 225.00       | 225.00       | -              | -              |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 210.00       | 225.00       | 220.00       | 240.00       | 290.00       | 335.00       | 259.31         | 360.00         |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 198.23       | -            | -            | -            | -            | -            | -              | 343.58         |
| 13        | Kerala            | 275.46       | 548.70       | -            | -            | -            | -            | -              | -              |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 187.00       | 253.00       | 248.00       | 339.00       | 294.00       | 387.00       | 337.00         | 389.00         |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 180.00       | 315.49       |              |              |              |              | -              | -              |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 170.00       | 170.00       | 181.00       | 181.00       | 191.00       | 191.00       | 212.00         | 212.00         |
| 17        | Manipur           | 122.10       | 122.10       | 129.97       | 129.97       | 132.60       | 132.60       | -              | -              |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 220.00       | 220.00       | 250.00       | 250.00       | 310.00       | 380.00       | -              | -              |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 115.00       | 115.00       | 125.00       | 125.00       | 135.00       | 135.00       | 145.00         | 145.00         |
| 20        | Odisha            | 200.00       | 200.00       | 220.00       | 220.00       | 240.00       | 240.00       | 260.00         | 260.00         |
| 21        | Punjab            | 267.13       | 277.13       | 297.13       | 297.13       | 331.63       | 331.63       | 371.33         | 371.33         |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 166.00       | 166.00       | 176.00       | 176.00       | 186.00       | 186.00       | 236.00         | 236.00         |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 220.00       | 220.00       | 242.00       | 242.00       | 275.00       | 275.00       | 319.00         | 319.00         |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 146.00       | 431.86       | -            | -            | -            | -            | -              | -              |
| 25        | Tripura           | 142.46       | 346.15       | 162.81       | 375.00       | 184.96       | 403.85       | 280.00         | 405.42         |
| 26        | Uttarakhand       | 200.00       | 272.12       | 231.54       | 291.54       | 235.31       | 310.96       | 249.23         | 356.35         |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 161.00       | 262.11       | 240.24       | 288.32       | 282.07       | 322.96       | 299.19         | 299.19         |
| 28        | West Bengal       | 211.00       | 278.00       | 232.00       | 306.00       | 255.00       | 337.00       | 370.00         | -              |
| 29        | A.& N. Islands    | 274.00       | 285.00       | 286.00       | 294.00       | 338.00       | 363.00       | 363.00         | 384.00         |
| 30        | Chandigarh        | 306.19       | 306.19       | 311.96       | 316.00       | 323.15       | 332.15       | 348.00         | 348.00         |
| 31        | D & N Haveli      | 220.80       | 220.80       | 227.30       | 227.30       | 233.80       | 233.80       | -              | -              |
| 32        | Daman & Diu       | 268.20       | 268.20       | 276.20       | 276.20       | 284.20       | 284.20       | -              | -              |
| 33        | Delhi             | 316.00       | 353.00       | 349.00       | 390.00       | 384.00       | 429.00       | -              | -              |
| 34        | Lakshadweep       | 255.20       | 255.20       | 280.50       | 280.20       | 305.20       | 305.20       | 335.20         | 335.20         |
| 35        | Puducherry        | 55.00        | 255.00       | -            | -            | -            | -            | -              | -              |
| 36        | Telangana         | 69.27        | 363.26       |              |              |              |              |                |                |

* Data is yet to be received. Figures indicate rates of wages as on 31.12.2013 in respect of Jammu & Kashmir. Rates for unskilled workers for Assam and West Bengal exclude Tea garden workers.

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