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Government hikes minimum wage to Rs 160 per day

08 Jul 2015 Evaluate

Government has increased minimum wage to Rs 160 per day from Rs 137 after a gap of two years, in order to have a uniform wage structure and to reduce the disparity in minimum wages across the country. This increase of wages will be applicable from 1st July 2015 and to all employment verticals irrespective of the workers engaged. The last revision of National Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW) was from Rs.115 to Rs.137 per day in July 2013.

The rise in Consumer Price Index -Industrial Worker (CPI-IW) prompted the Government to increase NFLMW. The rise in CPI-IW from 215.17 to 250.83 was observed after reviewing it during FY 2014-15, over the period April 2012 to March 2013. There is also a proposal to amend the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 to make the NFLMW statutory.

Labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya has asked the Chief Ministers and lieutenant Governors to take necessary step in its implementation and urged them to ensure compliance regarding social security coverage of outsourced staff working in the government departments, state cooperatives, public sector undertakings and other bodies. As social security being the human right of an individual, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will also be monitoring the implementation.

The Concept of NFLMW was introduced by the recommendation of the National Commission on Rural Labour (NCRL) in 1996, in order to reduce disparity in minimum wages across the country. NFLMW was first fives at Rs 35/day and further was revised every 2 years according to the increase in CPI (IW). 

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