Notification of Minimum Wages & the rates of
employment agriculture as on 01.10.2016
Press Information Bureau
The Government has issued draft notification on
01.09.2016 to revise the Basic minimum wages for Agriculture, Construction,
Non-Coal Mines, Stone-Mines, Sweeping and Cleaning, Watch & Ward and
Loading/ Unloading workers, after consultation with the Minimum Wages Advisory
Board.
The proposed amendments to the Minimum Wages
Act, 1948, inter-alia, includes applicability of minimum wages to all
employments, changes in the definition of “Appropriate Government”,
fixation/review/revision of minimum rates of wages by the State Government,
introduction of National Minimum Wage by the Central Government, enhancement of
penalty, etc.
Under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 both the
Central and the State Governments are appropriate Governments to fix and revise
minimum wages every five years in respect of scheduled employments within their
jurisdictions. The scheduled employment “Agriculture” falls both in the Central
and the State Sphere. The rates of minimum wages for the scheduled employment
‘Agriculture’ in Central Sphere as on 01.10.2016 is as under:
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Name of
Scheduled Employment
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Category
of Worker
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Rates
of wages including V.D.A per day (in Rs.)
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Area A
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Area B
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Area C
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Agriculture
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Unskilled
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237.00
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216.00
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214.00
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Semi-Skilled/Unskilled
Supervisory
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259.00
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239.00
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219.00
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Skilled/Clerical
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281.00
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259.00
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238.00
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Highly
Skilled
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312.00
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289.00
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259.00
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A
statement showing the classification of Area is given below.
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CLASSIFICATION OF AREA
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AREA – “A”
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Ahmadabad
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(UA)
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Hyderabad
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(UA)
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Faridabad
complex
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Bangaluru
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(UA)
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Kanpur
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(UA)
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Ghaziabad
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Kolkata
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(UA)
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Lucknow
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(UA)
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Gurgaon
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Delhi
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(UA)
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Chennai
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(UA)
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Noida
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Greater
Mumbai
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(UA)
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Nagpur
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(UA)
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Secunderabad
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Navi
Mumbai
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AREA – “B”
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Agra
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(UA)
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Jodhpur
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Jabalpur
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(UA)
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Ajmer
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Kochi
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(UA)
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Jaipur
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(UA)
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Aligarh
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Kolhapur
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(UA)
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Jalandhar
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(UA)
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Allahabad
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(UA)
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Kozhikode
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(UA)
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Jamshedpur
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(UA)
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Amravati
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Kota
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Puducherry
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(UA)
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Aurangabad
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(UA)
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Ludhiana
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Jalandhar-cantt.
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Bareilly
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(UA)
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Madurai
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(UA)
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Dhanbad
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(UA)
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Bhavnagar
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Meerut
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(UA)
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Dehradun
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(UA)
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Bikaner
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Moradabad
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(UA)
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Durg-Bhilai
Nagar
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(UA)
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Bhopal
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Mysore
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(UA)
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Jammu
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(UA)
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Bhubaneshwar
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Nasik
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(UA)
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Jamnagar
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(UA)
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Amritsar
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(UA)
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Pune
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(UA)
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Vijayawada
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(UA)
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Chandigarh
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(UA)
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Patna
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(UA)
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Vishakhapatnam
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(UA)
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Coimbatore
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(UA)
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Raipur
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(UA)
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Warangal
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Cuttack
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(UA)
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Rajkot
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Mangalore
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(UA)
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Durgapur
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Ranchi
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(UA)
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Salem
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(UA)
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Gorakhpur
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Sholapur
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Tiruppur
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(UA)
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Guwahati
City
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Srinagar
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(UA)
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Tiruchirappalli
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(UA)
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Guntur
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Surat
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(UA)
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Asansol
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(UA)
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Gwalior
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(UA)
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Thiruvanantapuram
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(UA)
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Belgaum
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(UA)
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Indore
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(UA)
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Vadodara
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(UA)
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Bhiwandi
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(UA)
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Hubli-Dharwad
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Varanasi
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(UA)
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Area
‘C’ will
comprise all areas not mentioned in this list.
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NB : U.A. stands for Urban
Agglomeration.
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