Minimum Rates of Wages & VDA from 01.10.2019 for Agricultural Employees & Labours
File No. 1/36(1) / 2019-LS-II
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner(C)
New Delhi
Dated 23/9/2019
ORDER
[In exercise of the powers conferred by Central Government vide Notification No. S.0. 186(E) dated 19th January , 2017 of the Ministry of Labour and Employment the undersigned hereby revise the rates of Variable Dearness Allowance for the employees employed in Agriculture w.e.f. 01.10.2019 on the basis of the average Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers reaching 310.83 from 301.33 as on 30.06.2019 (Base 2001-100) and thereby resulting in an increase of 9.5 points. The revised Variable Dearness Allowance as under shall be payable from 01.10.2019:-
| Category of worker | Rates of V.D.A. Area wise per day (in Rupees) | ||
|
‘A’ |
‘B’ |
‘C’ |
|
| Unskilled |
50 |
47 |
47 |
| Semi-Skilled/ Unskilled Supervisory |
56 |
50 |
47 |
| Skilled Clerical |
60 |
56 |
50 |
| Highly Skilled |
66 |
62 |
56 |
Therefore, the minimum rates of wages including the basic rates and Variable Dress Allowance payable w.e.f. 01.10.2019 to the employees working in Agriculture shall be as under:-
| Category of worker | Rates of V.D.A. Area wise per day (in Rupees) | ||
|
‘A’ |
‘B’ |
‘C’ |
|
| Unskilled |
333+50=383 |
303+47=350 |
300+47=347 |
| Semi-Skilled/ Unskilled Supervisorv |
364+56=420 |
335+50=385 |
307+47=354 |
| Skilled IClerical |
395+60=455 |
364+56=420 |
334+50=384 |
| Highlv Skilled |
438+66=504 |
407+62=469 |
364+56=420 |
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- I of the notification, whereas classification of cities will be same as in the Part-II of the notification dated 23 January 2017. The present classification of cities into areas A B & C is enclosed at Annexure for ready reference.
Sd/-
(RAJAN VERMA)
CHIEF LABOUR COMMISSIONER (C)
ANNEXURE
CLASSIFICATION OF AREAS
|
AREA-“A” |
|||||
| Ahmedabad |
(UA) |
Hyderabad |
(UA) |
Faridabad complex | (M.Corpn) |
| Bengaluru |
(UA) |
Kanpur |
(UA) |
Ghaziabad |
(UA) |
| Delhi |
(UA) |
Chennai |
(UA) |
Florida | |
| Greater Mumbai |
(UA) |
Nagpur |
(UA) |
Secunderabad | |
| Kolkata |
(UA) |
Lucknow |
(UA) |
Gurgaon | (M. Corpn) |
| Navi Mumbai |
(UA) |
Pune |
(UA) |
||
|
AREA -“B” |
|||||
| Agra |
(UA) |
Gwalior |
(UA) |
Port Blair |
(UA) |
| Ajmer |
(UA) |
Rubli-Dharwad | (M. Corpn) | Puducherry |
(UA) |
| Aligarh | (UA) | Indore |
(UA) |
Raipur |
(UA) |
| Allahabad |
(UA) |
Jabalpur |
(UA) |
Raurkela |
(U/\) |
| Amravati | (M.Corpn) | Jaipur | (M.Corpn) | Rajkot |
(UA) |
| Amritsar |
(UA) |
Jalandhar |
(UA) |
Ranchi |
(UA) |
| Asansol | (UA} | Jalandhar-Canu. |
(UA} |
Sabaranpur | (M.Corpn) |
| Aurangabad | (UA} | Jamrnu |
(UA) |
Salem |
(UA) |
| Bareilly | (UA) | Jarnnagar |
(UA) |
Sangli |
(UA) |
| Belgaum |
(UA) |
Jamsbedpur |
(UA) |
Shillong | |
| Bhavnagar |
(UA) |
Jhansi |
(UA) |
Siliguri |
(UA) |
| Bhiwandi |
(UA) |
Jodhpur |
(UA} |
Solapur | (M .Corpn) |
| Bhopal |
(UA) |
Kannur |
(UA) |
Srinagar |
(UA) |
| Bhubaneshwar |
(UA) |
Kocbi |
(UA) |
Surat |
(UA) |
| Bikaner | (M.Corpn) | Kolhapur |
(UA) |
Thiruvanantapuram |
(UA) |
| Bokaro Steel City |
(UA) |
Kollam |
(UA) |
Thrissur |
(UA) |
| Chandigarh | (UA} | Kota | (M.Corpn) | Tiruchirappalli |
(UA) |
| Coimbatore | (UA) | Kozhikode |
(UA) |
Tiruppur |
(UA) |
| Cultack |
(UA) |
Ludhiana | (M.Corpn) | Ujjain | (M.Corpn) |
| Dehradun |
(UA) |
Madurai |
(UA) |
Vadodara |
(UA) |
| Dhanbad |
(UA) |
Malappuram |
(VA) |
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 |
(VA) |
||
| Guntur | (UA) | Panchkula |
(UA) |
||
| Guwahati | (UA) | Patna |
(UA) |
||
Note 1.-Arca ‘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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