Bhubaneswar: The state government has proposed to raise the minimum wage for daily labourers by at least by 40 per cent. Last time it was hiked in April, 2015, official sources said here Monday.
The minimum rates of wages are all inclusive rates including the basic rates, the cost of living allowances and the cash value of the concessional supply if any of essential commodities.
A notification issued by the Labour and Employees State Insurance department proposed to increase the minimum daily wage by 40 per cent from `200 to `280 for unskilled labourers while the semi-skilled labourers will get a hike by 45 per cent from `220 daily to `320.
Similarly, skilled labourers will get a hike by 54 per cent from `240 to `370 per day. The high skilled labourers to get 65 per cent raise in their daily wages. They will get `430 per day instead of `260 daily, the notification said.
The department has sought public views and objections on the proposals made by the state government. The notification said that the new wage will benefit about 2 crore daily labourers and help improve economic standard of the working class.
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