Minimum Rates of Wages - Central Sphere as on 1-4-2012

Area-wise Minimum Rates of Wages for the Scheduled Employments in the Central Sphere 
w.e.f April 1, 2012  to September 30, 2012


Sr. No.
Name of Scheduled Employment
Category of 
Workers
Rate of wages 
including VDA per day 
(in Rs.)



Area A
Area B
Area C
1
Agriculture
Unskilled
181
164
162
Semi skilled/ Unskilled Supervisor
198
183
167
Skilled/ Clerical
215
198
182
Highly Skilled
240
220
198
2
Workers engaged in 
Stone Mines for 
Stone Breaking and 
Stone Crushing
1. Excavation & removal of over burden with 50 m lead/1.5 meters lift
(a) Soft Soil
180.06
(b) Soft Soil with Rock
272.55
(c ) Rock
361.15
2.  Removal and Staking of rejected stones with 50 meters lead 1.5 meters lift
143.66
Stone Breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size
(a) 1.0 inch to 1.5 inches
1120.93
(b) Above 1.5 inches to 3.0 inches
957.71
(c ) Above 3.0 inches to 5.0 inches
559.92
(d) Above 5.0 inches
459.62
3
Sweeping and 
Cleaning
Unskilled
270
223
180
4
Watch and Ward
Without Arms
270
223
180
With Arms
298
253
210
5
Loading and Unloading
Unskilled
270
223
180
6
Construction
Unskilled
270
223
180
Semi skilled/ Unskilled Supervisor
298
253
210
Skilled/ Clerical
328
298
253
Highly Skilled
357
328
298
7
Non-Coal Mines

Above Ground
Below Ground
Unskilled
180
223
Semi skilled/ Unskilled Supervisor
223
270
Skilled/ Clerical
270
313
Highly Skilled
313
357

Sr. No.
Name of Scheduled employment
Nomenclature
1
Agriculture (1)
Agriculture
2
Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing (1)
Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing
3
Sweeping and Cleaning (1)
Employment of Sweeping and Cleaning excluding Activities prohibited under the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993
4
Watch and Ward (1)
Employment of Watch and Ward
5
Loading and Unloading (1)
Employment of Loading and Unloading in (i) Goods Shed, Parcel Officers of Railways; (ii) Other Goods sheds, Godowns, Warehouses, etc. and; (iii) Docks and Ports
6
Construction (4)
Construction or maintenance of Roads and 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
7
Non-Coal Mines (36)
Employees engaged in the employment of Gypsum Mines, Barytes Mines, Bauxite Mines, Manganese Mines, China Clay Mines, Kynite Mines, Copper Mines, Magnesite Mines, White Clay Mines, Stone Mines, Stone Mine, Statite Mines (including mines producing Soap

Area "A"
Ahmedabad (UA)
Delhi (UA)
Kanpur (UA)
Bengaluru (UA)
Greater Mumbai (UA)
Lucknow (UA)
Kolkata (UA)
Hyderabad (UA)
Chennai (UA)
Nagpur (UA)





Area "B"
Agra (UA)
Gorakhpur
Mysore (UA)
Ajmer
Guwahati City
Nasik (UA)
Aligarh
Guntur
Pune (UA)
Allahabad (UA)
Gwalior (UA)
Patna (UA)
Amravati
Indore (UA)
Raipur (UA)
Aurangabad (UA)
Hubli- Dharwad
Rajkot
Bareilly (UA)
Jabalpur (UA)
Ranchi (UA)
Bhavnagar
Jaipur (UA)
Sholapur (UA)
Bikaner
Jamshedpur (UA)
Srinagar (UA)
Bhopal
Jodhpur
Surat (UA)
Bhubaneshwar
Kochi (UA)
Tiruvanantapuram (UA)
Amritsar
Kolhapur (UA)
Vadodara (UA)
Chandigarh (UA)
Kozhikode (UA)
Varanasi (UA)
Coimbatore (UA)
Kota
Vijaywada (UA)
Cuttack (UA)
Ludhiana
Vishakhapatnam (UA)
Durgapur
Madurai (UA)
Warangal
Faridabad Complex
Meerat (UA)

Ghaziabad (UA)
Moradabad (UA)




Area "C" will comprise of all areas not mentioned in this list
NB: U.A stands for Urban Agglomeration


Disclaimer : All efforts have been made to update the minimum wage data on a regular basis.However, there might be unforeseen errors.

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