Gujarat govt to revise minimum wage by 25 percent after eight years
The wages of semi-skilled and unskilled workers will now be Rs 11,986 and Rs 1,752 per month, respectively, having been hiked by 24.15 percent and 24.41 percent, respectively. This move of the Gujarat Govt to revise minimum wage, come after eight years.
Gujarat govt to revise minimum wage by 25 percent after eight years
After a gap of eight years, the ‘Gujarat Govt Revise Minimum Wage‘ for workers in the state. The state government has begun to finalize the revised minimum wage for workers in the state. The state government increased the minimum wage by 25% for 46 “scheduled employment” jobs.
This step by the Gujarat state government is helping about two crore workers in the state. The same will be implemented within about a week or 10 days. And the revised minimum wage will be effective from April 2023.
Henceforth, a skilled worker in urban Gujarat will be able to get Rs 410.80 as the daily minimum wage, whereas an unskilled worker in the non-urban area will get about Rs 382.2. Skilled workers working for municipal corporations and municipality areas will be eligible for a monthly pay of Rs 12,324, which is 24.63 percent more than the previous Rs, 9,887.8.
The wages of semi-skilled and unskilled workers will now be Rs 11,986 and Rs 1,752 per month, respectively, having been hiked by 24.15 percent and 24.41 percent, respectively.
Beyond the municipal corporation and municipality areas, the minimum wage for skilled workers has been hiked by 24.42 percent, taking their earnings per month, up to Rs 12,012.
The minimum wage will apply to jobs at construction sites, bakeries, automobile repairing units, cotton ginning and pressing, hospitals, dispensaries, and clinics, drilling operations, electronics and allied industries, film industry, pharmaceutical and engineering industries, fisheries, hosiery units, oil mills, petrol/diesel pumps, plastics, power looms, textile processing units, printing, public motor transport, pulp and paper mills, hotels and shops, tile manufacturing setups, the sugar industry, soap manufacturing, private security guard services, and so on.
The minimum wages for sugarcane workers have been hiked by 100 percent. Instead of Rs 238 per tonne, they will now earn Rs 476 per tonne. This revision will be enjoyed by over 3 lakh sugarcane workers in Gujarat.
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