MINIMUM WAGES & VDA FROM 01.10.2019 FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN CONSTRUCTION

F.No. 1/36(3)/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.O. 188(E) dated 19th January, 2017 of the Ministry of Labour and Employment the undersigned, hereby revise the rates of Variable Dearness Allowance on the basis of the average consumer price index number for the preceding period of six months ending on 30.06.2019 reaching 310.83 from 301.33 (base 2001 = 100) and thereby resulting in an increase of 9.5 points for Industrial Workers as under. This order shall come into force w.e.f. 01.10.2019

The rates of Variable Dearness Allowance for employees employed in CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE OF ROADS OR RUNWAYS OR IN BUILDING OPERATIONS INCLUDING LAYING DOWN UNDERGROUND E LECTRIC, WIRELESS, RADIO, TELEVISION, TELEPHONE , TELEGRAPH AND OVERSEAS COMMUNICATION CABLES AND SIMILAR OTHER UNDERGROUND CABLING WORK , ELECTRIC LINES , WATER SUPPLY LINES AND SEWERAGE PIPE LINES.

Category of worker	Rates of V.D.A. Area wise per day (in Rupees)
	A	B	c
Unskilled	80	66	53
Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory	87	75	62
Skilled / Clerical	96	87	75
Highly Skilled	104	96	87

Therefore the minimum rates of wages showing the basic rates and Variable Dearness Allowance payable w.e.f. 01.10.2019 will be as under :-

Category of worker	Rates of wages including V.D.A . per day (in Rupees)
	A Area	B Area	C Area
Unskilled	523+80=603	437+66= 503	350+53=403
Semi- Skilled/ Unskilled Supervisory	579+87=666	494+75=569	410+62=472
Skilled/ Clerical	637+96=733	579+87=666	494-+75=569
Highly Skilled	693+104=797	637+96=733	579+87=666

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 19th January, 2017. The present classification of cities into

areas A, B & C is enclosed at Annexure I for ready reference.

(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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