Bandaru Dattatreya-led labour ministry has nearly doubled the minimum wage for agriculture labourer including those hired on contract, barely six months after a significant increase in minimum wages for non-agricultural labourer. Centre had on August 1 last year raised minimum wage of non-agricultural workers by 42%.

According to a labour ministry notification, an unskilled agriculture laborer would be entitled to get a minimum wage of Rs 300 per day in C-category towns as against Rs 160 now while those in B and A category towns will get Rs 303 and Rs 333 respectively.

Like-wise semi-skilled workers will be entitled to a daily minimum wage of Rs 364, Rs 335 and Rs 307 in A, B and C-category towns while the skilled workers will be paid as high as Rs 395, Rs 364 and Rs 334 under the three town categories respectively. Highly skilled workers will get Rs 438, Rs 407 and Rs 364 in A, B and C-category towns.

Besides, the wage rates prescribed by state government, if higher than this, would prevail over the central government notified rates. “Where in any area the minimum rates of wages fixed by this notification are lower than the minimum rates of wages fixed by the state government for the employees of the aforesaid employments in relation to which the state government is the appropriate government, the rates of wages fixed by the state government shall in respect of these areas, be deemed to be the minimum rates of wages payable under this notification,” it said.
The notification further said, “the minimum rates of wages include wages for weekly day of rest and are applicable to employees engaged by contractors also.”

A–category states includes 17 big towns including metro cities while the remaining towns have been categorized under B-category while C-category towns include areas to which the Minimum Wage Act, 1948 is applicable.

Besides, the ministry has also notified minimum wages for mine workers in all categories and in this case also the minimum wages notified by state governments, if higher than the central wages, would prevail.

Henceforth, unskilled mine workers would get Rs 350 and Rs 437 per day for above ground and underground work while skilled workers will get Rs 436 and Rs 523 respectively and the skilled workers would be entitled to daily wage of Rs 523 and Rs 610.

Via: economictimes.indiatimes.com

The post Government hikes minimum wage for agriculture labourer appeared first on CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES NEWS.

We have been reporting the increase in IDA every three months, always before official announcement is made.

We have not been making predictions or assumptions.  Our reporting has always been based on standard calculation used for the purpose.  We feel that the members also should be aware of the calculation. Hence this article.

The IDA rate revision is based on All India Consumer Price Index.  After Second Pay Revision w.e.f. 1.1.2007, the base index has also been revised to 1.1.2007, which is 126.33

For arriving at IDA increase we need to know the All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers [CPI(IW)] for the previous three months.  For IDA revision w.e.f. 1st July of a year, the CPI of March, April and May are required. For IDA revision w.e.f.1st October, CPI of June, July and August are required and so on.

The average CPI of the three months is then taken  for calculation and the following formula is used:

New IDA rate = (Average CPI – Base Index) x 100 / Base Index

Increase in IDA rate = New IDA rate – Old IDA rate

Example:

CPI for

June 2009 – 153

July 2009 – 160

August 2009 – 162

Average: 158.33

Calculation:     158.33 – 126.33 x 100

————————–      =  25.3

126.33

IDA rate w.e.f. 1.7.2009 was 18.5

Therefore Increase in IDA rate w.e.f.1.10.2009 was = 25.3-18.5 = 6.8

CPI for a month is notified on the last day of the next month in Labour Bureau Website at http://labourbureau.nic.in/indnum.htm. This information is also published in ‘The Hindu’ on the first day of every month in Business column.

That’s all. It is so simple. Now, any one can on his own calculate the IDA rate increase w.e.f. 1.4.2010, on 31st March 2010 itself.  Those who don’t want to take that little effort can login to http://www.aibsnloa.org/related/idacalculation.xls and just fill in the CPI for February 2010 and get the magic figure of Increase in IDA rate w.e.f.1.4.2010.

Courtesy: Com.V.V.S.Murthy, Vijayawada.

Source: www.aibsnloa.org
[http://www.aibsnloa.org/related/idacalculation.pdf]

The post How to calculate IDA..? appeared first on CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES NEWS.