Revised VDA on Minimum Wages for Construction & Maintenance Workers w.e.f 1st Apr 2022: Labour Bureau Supersession Order dtd 29.07.2022
F.No. 1/4(3)/ 2022-LS-II
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner(C)
New Delhi
Dated: 29/07/2022
O R D E R
In supersession to this office order of even reference dated 31st March 2022 and in exercise of the conferred by Central Government vides powers Notification No. S.O. 188(E) dated 19th January, 2017 of the Ministry of Labour and Employment the undersigned hereby revise the rates of Variable Dearness Allowance on the basis of the average Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers reaching 357.65 from 345.22 as on 31.12.2021 (Base 2016-100) and thereby resulting in an increase of 12.43 points. The revised Variable Dearness Allowance as under shall be payable from 01.4.2022;-
The rates of Variable Dearness Allowance for employees employed in 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.
| Category of worker | Rates of V.D.A. Area wise per day (in Rupees) |
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| A | B | C | |
| Unskilled | 172 | 116 | |
| Semi-Skilled/ Unskilled Supervisory | 191 | 162 | 134 |
| Skilled/ Clerical | 209 | 191 | |
| Highly Skilled | 209 | 191 | |
Therefore the minimum rates of wages showing the basic rates and Variable Dearness Allowance payable w.e.f. 01.04.2022 will be as under :-
| Category of worker | Rates of wages including V.D.A. per day (in Rupees) | ||
| A Area | B Area | C Area | |
| Un skilled | 523+ 172 =695 | 437+144 = 581 [View] |
350+116=446 |
| Semi-Skilled/ Unskilled Supervisory | 579+ 191 =770 | 494+162=656 | 410+134 = 544 |
| Skilled/ Clerical | 637+209=846 | 579+191=770 | 494+162=656 [View] |
| Highly Skilled | 693+226=919 | 637+209=846 | 579+191=770 |
The VDA has been rounded off to the next higher rupee as per the decision of the Minimum Wages Advisory Board.
The classification of workers under different categories will be same as in Part-1 of the notification, whereas classification of cities will be same as in the Part-II of the notification dated 19th January, 2017. The present classification of cities into areas A, B & C is enclosed at Annexure I for ready reference.
(S.C.Joshi)
Chief Labour Commissioner(C)
Labour Bureau Order Dt 31.03.2022
File No.14(3)/ 2022-LS-II
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner(C)
New Delhi
ORDER
Dated: 31/03/2022
In exercise of the powers conferred by Central Government vide Notification No. S.O. 188(E) dated 19th January, 2017 of the Ministry of Labour and Employment the undersigned hereby revises the rates of Variable Dearness Allowance on the basis of the average Consumer Price Index num ber for the preceding period of six month ending on 31.12.202 1 reaching 124.18 from 119.86 as on 31.12.202 l(Base Year 20 16- 100) and thereby resulting in an increase of 4.32 points. The revised Variable Dearness Allowance as under shall be payable from 01.04.2022:-
The rates of Variable Dearness Allowance for employees employed in 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.
| Category of worker | Rates of V.D.A. Area wise per day (in Rupees) |
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| A | B | C | |
| Unskilled | 140 | 116 | 93 |
| Semi-Skilled/ Unskilled Supervisory | 155 | 131 | 109 |
| Skilled/ Clerical | 169 | 155 | 131 |
| Highly Skilled | 183 | 169 | 155 |
Previous: Revised VDA on Minimum Wages for Construction & Maintenance Workers w.e.f 1st Oct 2021: Labour Bureau Order Dt 28/10/2021
Therefore the minimum rates of wages showing the basic rates and Variable Dearness Allowance payable w.e.f. 01.04.2022 will be as under :-
| Category of worker | Rates of wages including V.D.A. per day (in Rupees) | ||
| A Area | B Area | C Area | |
| Un skilled | 523+ 140=663 | 437+ 116= 553 | 350+93=443 |
| Semi-Skilled/ Unskilled Supervisory | 579+ 155=734 | 494+131=625 | 410+109 = 519 |
| Skilled/ Clerical | 637+169=806 | 579+155=734 | 494+131=625 |
| Highly Skilled | 693+183=876 | 637+169=806 | 579+155=734 |
The VDA has been rounded off to the next higher rupee as per the decision of the Minimum Wages Advisory Board.
The classification of workers under different categories will be same as in Part-1 of the notification, whereas classification of cities will be same as in the Part-II of the notification dated 19th January, 2017. The present classification of cities into areas A, B & C is enclosed at Annexure I for ready reference.
(A.K. Samantaray)
Chief Labour Commissioner(C)
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Annexure-I
CLASSIFICATION OF AREA
AREA -“A”
| Ahmedabad | (UA) | Hvderabad | (UA) | Faridabad complex | (M.Corpn) |
| Bangaluru | (UA) | Kanpur | (UA) | Ghaziabad | (UA) |
| Delhi | (UA) | Chennai | (UA) | Noida | |
| Greater Mumbai | (UA) | Nagpur | (UA) | Secunderabad | |
| Kolkata | (UA) | Lucknow | (UA) | Gurgaon | (M. Corpn) |
| Navi Mumbai | (UA) | Pune | (UA) | ||
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AREA -“B” |
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| Agra | (UA) | Gwalior | (UA) | Port Blair | (UA) |
| Ajmer | (UA) | Hubli-Dharwad | (M. Corpn) | Puducherrv | (UA) |
| Aligarh | (UA) | Indore | (UA) | Rajpur | (UA) |
| Allahabad | (UA) | Jabalpur | (UA) | Raurkela | (UA) |
| Amravati | (M.Coron) | Jaipur | (M.Coron) | Raikot | (UA) |
| Amritsar | (UA) | Jalandhar | (UA) | Ranchi | (UA) |
| Asansol | (UA) | Jalandhar-Cantt. | (UA) | Saharanpur | (M.Corpn) |
| Aurangabad | (UA) | Jammu | (UA) | Salem | (VA) |
| Bareilly | (UA) | Jamnagar | (UA) | Sangli | (UA) |
| Belgaum | (UA) | Jamshedpur | (UA) | Shillong | |
| Bhavnagar | (UA) | Jhansi | (UA) | Siliguri | (UA) |
| Bhiwandi | (UA) | Jodhpur | (UA) | Solapur | (M .Corpn) |
| Bhopal | (UA) | Kannur | (UA) | Srinagar | (UA) |
| Bhubaneshwar | (UA) | Kochi | (UA) | Surat | (UA) |
| Bikaner | (M.Corpn) | Kolhapur | (UA) | Thiruvanantapuram | (UA) |
| Bokaro Steel City | (UA) | Kollam | (UA) | Thrissur | (UA) |
| Chandigarh | (UA) | Kota | (M.Coron) | Tiruchirapalli | (UA) |
| Coimbatore | (UA) | Kozhikode | (UA) | Triuppur | (UA) |
| Cuttack | (UA) | Ludhiana | (M.Coron) | Ujjain | (M.Corpn) |
| Dehradun | (UA) | Madurai | (UA) | Vadodara | (UA) |
| Dhanbad | (UA) | Malappuram | (UA) | Varanasi | (UA) |
| Durgapur | (UA) | Malegaon | (UA) | Vasai- Virar City | (M.Corpn) |
| Durg-Bhilai Nagar | (UA) | Mangalore | (UA) | Vijayawada | (UA) |
| Erode | (UA) | Meerut | (UA) | Vishakhapatnam | (M.Corpn) |
| Firozabad | Moradabad | (M. Corpn) | Warangal | (UA) | |
| Goa | Mysore | (UA) | |||
| Gorakhpur | (UA) | Nanded Waghala | (M. Corpn) | ||
| Greater Visakhapatnam | (M.Corpn) | Nasik | (UA) | ||
| Gulbarga | (UA) | Nellore | (UA) | ||
| Guntur | (UA) | Panchkula | (UA) | ||
| Guwahati | (UA) | Patna | (UA) | ||
| Note 1.-Area ‘C’ shall comprise all areas not mentioned in this list but to which the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 ( 11 of 1948) extends. | |||||
| Note 2.- U.A. means Urban Agglomeration. | |||||
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