Lok Sabha Question No. 311 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Minimum Wages for Toll Employees
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 311

ANSWERED ON 25 TH  FEBRUARY, 2016

## MINIMUM WAGES FOR TOLL EMPLOYEES

## 311. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS be pleased to state:

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- (a) whether toll employees working in toll collection centres at highways have been covered under Minimum Wages Act;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  rates  of  minimum  wages  fixed  for  the  toll  employees  of  various categories employed by toll collecting contractors;
- (c) whether identity  cards,  pay  slips  are  provided  to  toll  employees  by  toll  contractors  and NHAI and their working hours are fixed, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the number of toll booths in the country, State-wise; and
- (e) the number of such roads in Gujarat and Rajasthan on which National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) collects toll?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) to (c) As per the user fee collection contract for public funded fee plazas of NHAI, the Contractor is to pay to all of its personnel deployed at the fee plaza as per the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.  However, fixation of minimum wages is beyond the purview of this Ministry. In fact, the Contractor is bound to comply with all statutory provisions related to employees as is required under the law in force.

- (d) A State-wise list of number of fee plazas is at Annexure-I.
- (e) The details  of  National  Highways stretches on  which NHAI collects fee in Gujarat  and Rajasthan are as under:-

| State     |   Number of National Highways stretches |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------|
| Gujarat   |                                      30 |
| Rajasthan |                                      29 |

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 311 FOR ANSWER ON 25.02.2016 ASKED BY SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL REGARDING MINIMUM WAGES FOR TOLL EMPLOYEES.

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## STATE-WISE LIST OF NUMBER OF TOLL PLAZAS

| States          |   No. of toll plaza as on 31.12.2015 |
|-----------------|--------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh  |                                   28 |
| Bihar           |                                   13 |
| Chhatisgarh     |                                    4 |
| Delhi           |                                    3 |
| Gujarat         |                                   35 |
| Haryana         |                                    9 |
| Jammu & Kashmir |                                    3 |
| Jharkhand       |                                    3 |
| Karnataka       |                                   30 |
| Kerala          |                                    3 |
| Madhya Pradesh  |                                   21 |
| Maharashtra     |                                   32 |
| North-East      |                                    3 |
| Odisha          |                                    8 |
| Punjab          |                                   12 |
| Rajasthan       |                                   38 |
| Tamilnadu       |                                   43 |
| Telangana       |                                   11 |
| Uttar Pradesh   |                                   43 |
| West Bengal     |                                   15 |
| Grand Total     |                                  357 |