Minimum Wages and Minimum Pension
Minimum Wages
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
employment consisting of agriculture and non-agricultural sector under
their respective jurisdictions. The rates of minimum wages
fixed for scheduled employments in the Central Sphere is at enlisted.
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As on 01.04.2016
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Name of Schedulded 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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1.
Agriculture
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Unskilled
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234.00
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213.00
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211.00
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Semi-Skilled/Unskilled
Supervisory
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256.00
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236.00
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216.00
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Skilled/Clerical
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278.00
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256.00
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235.00
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Highly
Skilled
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308.00
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286.00
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256.00
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2.
Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing
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1.
Excavation & removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift:
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(a)
Soft Soil
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247.00
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(b)
Soft Soil with Rock
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373.00
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(c)
Rock
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494.00
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2.
Removal and Staking of rejected stones with 50 metres lead 1.5 metres lift
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199.00
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Stone
breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size
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(a)
1.0 inch to 1.5 inches
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1528.00
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(b)
Above 1.5 Inches to 3.0 Inches
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1307.00
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(c)
Above 3.0 Inches to 5 Inches
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765.00
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(d)
Above 5.0 Inches
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628.00
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3.
Sweeping and Cleaning
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Unskilled
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368.00
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307.00
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246.00
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4.
Watch and Ward
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Without
Arms
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407.00
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347.00
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288.00
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With
Arms
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448.00
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407.00
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347.00
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5.
Loading and Unloading
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Unskilled
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368.00
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307.00
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246.00
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6.
Construction
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Unskilled
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368.00
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307.00
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246.00
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Semi-Skilled/Unskilled
Supervisory
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407.00
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347.00
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288.00
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Skilled/Clerical
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448.00
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407.00
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347.00
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Highly
Skilled
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487.00
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448.00
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407.00
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7.
Non-Coal Mines
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Above Ground
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Below Ground
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Unskilled
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246.00
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307.00
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Semi-Skilled/Unskilled
Supervisory
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307.00
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368.00
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Skilled/Clerical
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368.00
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429.00
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Highly
Skilled
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429.00
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487.00
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Name of Schedulded Employment
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Nomenclature
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1.
Agriculture
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Agriculture
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2.
Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing
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Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone
Breaking and Stone Crushing
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3.
Sweeping and Cleaning
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Employment
of Sweeping and Cleaning excluding Activities prohibited under the Employment
of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993
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4.
Watch and Ward
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Employment
of Watch and Ward
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5.
Loading and Unloading
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Employment
in Loading and Unloading in (i) Goods Sheds, Parcel Offices of Railways; (ii)
Other Goodssheds, Godowns, Warehouses etc. and; (iii) Docks and Ports
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6.
Construction
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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
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7.
Non-Coal Mines
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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
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CLASSIFICATION OF AREA
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AREA – “A”
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Ahmedabad
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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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The range of minimum wages in the State Sphere is at enlisted.
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S. No.
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State/UT
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Categories
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Unskilled
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Semi Skilled
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Skilled
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Highly Skilled
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Min.
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Max.
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Min.
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Max.
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Min.
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Max.
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Min.
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Max.
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Central Sphere
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204.00
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294.00
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209.00
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353.00
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227.00
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411.00
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247.00
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467.00
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Andhra Pradesh
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69.27
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-
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-
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858.83
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2
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Arunachal Pradesh
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150.00
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170.00
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160.00
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180.00
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170.00
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190.00
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-
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-
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3
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Assam
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240.00
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-
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280.00
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-
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350.00
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-
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450.00
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-
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4
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Bihar
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181.00
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197.00
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188.00
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206.00
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232.00
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251.00
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282.00
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308.00
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5
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Chhatisgarh
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157.00
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242.00
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201.00
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247.00
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210.00
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256.00
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236.00
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266.00
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6
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Goa
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215.00
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216.00
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223.00
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229.00
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227.00
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232.00
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235.00
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292.00
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7
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Gujarat
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150.00
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276.00
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276.00
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284.00
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284.00
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293.00
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-
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-
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8
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Haryana
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226.40
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226.40
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231.40
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236.40
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241.40
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246.40
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251.40
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251.40
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9
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Himachal Pradesh
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170.00
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185.55
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180.17
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187.00
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206.52
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214.00
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227.12
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274.50
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10
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Jammu & Kashmir*
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150.00
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150.00
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175.00
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175.00
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225.00
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225.00
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-
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-
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11
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Jharkhand
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210.00
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225.00
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220.00
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240.00
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290.00
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335.00
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259.31
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360.00
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12
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Karnataka
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198.23
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-
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-
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-
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-
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343.58
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13
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Kerala
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275.46
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548.70
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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14
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Madhya Pradesh
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187.00
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253.00
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248.00
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339.00
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294.00
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387.00
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337.00
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389.00
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15
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Maharashtra
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180.00
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315.49
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-
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-
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16
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Meghalaya
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170.00
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170.00
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181.00
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181.00
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191.00
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191.00
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212.00
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212.00
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17
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Manipur
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122.10
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122.10
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129.97
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129.97
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132.60
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132.60
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-
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-
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18
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Mizoram
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220.00
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220.00
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250.00
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250.00
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310.00
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380.00
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-
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-
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19
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Nagaland
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115.00
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115.00
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125.00
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125.00
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135.00
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135.00
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145.00
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145.00
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20
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Odisha
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200.00
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200.00
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220.00
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220.00
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240.00
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240.00
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260.00
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260.00
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21
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Punjab
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267.13
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277.13
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297.13
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297.13
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331.63
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331.63
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371.33
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371.33
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22
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Rajasthan
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166.00
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166.00
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176.00
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176.00
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186.00
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186.00
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236.00
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236.00
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23
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Sikkim
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220.00
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220.00
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242.00
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242.00
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275.00
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275.00
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319.00
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319.00
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24
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Tamil Nadu
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146.00
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431.86
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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25
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Tripura
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142.46
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346.15
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162.81
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375.00
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184.96
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403.85
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280.00
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405.42
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26
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Uttarakhand
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200.00
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272.12
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231.54
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291.54
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235.31
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310.96
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249.23
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356.35
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27
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Uttar Pradesh
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161.00
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262.11
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240.24
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288.32
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282.07
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322.96
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299.19
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299.19
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28
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West Bengal
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211.00
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278.00
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232.00
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306.00
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255.00
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337.00
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370.00
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-
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29
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A.& N. Islands
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274.00
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285.00
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286.00
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294.00
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338.00
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363.00
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363.00
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384.00
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30
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Chandigarh
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306.19
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306.19
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311.96
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316.00
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323.15
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332.15
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348.00
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348.00
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31
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D & N Haveli
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220.80
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220.80
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227.30
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227.30
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233.80
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233.80
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-
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-
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32
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Daman & Diu
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268.20
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268.20
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276.20
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276.20
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284.20
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284.20
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-
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-
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33
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Delhi
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316.00
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353.00
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349.00
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390.00
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384.00
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429.00
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-
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-
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34
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Lakshadweep
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255.20
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255.20
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280.50
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280.20
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305.20
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305.20
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335.20
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335.20
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35
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Puducherry
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55.00
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255.00
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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36
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Telangana
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69.27
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363.26
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* 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.
The implementation of the Act is carried out 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. The details of enforcement of Minimum Wages
Act in Central Sphere during the years 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16
(upto December 2015) is at enlisted.
Details of Enforcement of Minimum Wages Act, 1948
in Central Sphere Establishments
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Sl. No.
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Particulars
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2012-13
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2013-14
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2014-15
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2015-16
*Upto
Dec, 2015
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1.
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No. of
Inspections conducted
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15500
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13099
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6497
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4904
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2.
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No. of
Irregularities
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157111
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129341
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64987
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36887
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3.
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No. of
Prosecution Launched
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5307
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5167
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3566
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981
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4.
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No. of
convictions
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4954
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5074
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2694
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988
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Source: Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Ministry of
Labour & Employment.
This information given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the
Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, in reply to a question in
Rajya Sabha today.
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Minimum
Pension
The Government has notified a minimum
pension of Rs. 1000/- per month to the pensioners under Employees’ Pension
Scheme (EPS), 1995 vide Notification No. G.S.R. 593 (E), dated 19th August,
2014 effective from 01.09.2014 for the year 2014-15 which is continued beyond
March, 2015 without any break.
However, no proposal is under consideration of the Government at present for providing inflation-linked Dearness Allowance (DA) to pensioners of EPS, 1995. The issue of index-linking of pension by fully neutralizing inflation was considered by the Expert Committee constituted by the Government in the year 2009 for review of EPS, 1995 and the same was found not feasible in the case of a funded scheme like EPS, 1995 wherein the contribution of the employer and Government is at a fixed rate of 8.33 per cent and 1.16 per cent respectively. Therefore, the value of benefits cannot be left open-ended by linking it with inflation which is variable.
This information given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
However, no proposal is under consideration of the Government at present for providing inflation-linked Dearness Allowance (DA) to pensioners of EPS, 1995. The issue of index-linking of pension by fully neutralizing inflation was considered by the Expert Committee constituted by the Government in the year 2009 for review of EPS, 1995 and the same was found not feasible in the case of a funded scheme like EPS, 1995 wherein the contribution of the employer and Government is at a fixed rate of 8.33 per cent and 1.16 per cent respectively. Therefore, the value of benefits cannot be left open-ended by linking it with inflation which is variable.
This information given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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