Increase in minimum wages of workers

by Haryananewswire (Balbir)

CHANDIGARH, AUG 17

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to increase the minimum wages of the workers by Rs.120 per month in the State and these  would be effective from July 1, 2012.

          Mr Hooda said that the decision to increase the minimum wages would benefit more than 11.5 lakh labourers working in factories, shops, dhabas, small undertakings and brick kilns. As many as, 7.5 lakh workers are working in about 11,500 large and small scale industries and four lakh people are working in the shops, dhabas and small undertakings.

The consumer price index is reviewed after every six months in January and July and the minimum wages are determined as per increase or decrease in the consumer price index, he added.

Giving details of the minimum wages, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr.Shiv Charan Lal Sharma said that the unskilled labourers in the State would now get minimum wage of Rs.4967.29 per month or Rs.191.04 per day, semi skilled (A) Rs.5097.29 per month or Rs.196.04 daily, semi skilled (B) Rs.5227.29 per month or Rs.201.04 daily.Similarly, the skilled labourers (A) would now get minimum wage of Rs.5357.29 per month and Rs.206.04 daily and skilled (B) would get Rs.5487.29 per month and Rs.211.04 daily. The highly skilled workers would now get minimum wage of Rs.5617.29 per month or Rs.216.04 daily.

The Minister said that the minimum wages of the laborers working in the brick kilns have also been increased. Now, pathera brick and pathera tiles would now get Rs.283.03 and Rs.318.41 per day respectively. Bharai wala (a) and (b) would get Rs.127.36 and Rs.104.72 per day respectively. Keri wala and nikasi wala would get Rs. 22.64 and Rs.93.40 per thousand respectively. Mason would now get Rs.5357.29 per month.