The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Government has hiked the minimum wages in order to give relief to people from inflation.
As reports of the Live Mint, The hike in the monthly wages of unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled workers. The new rates for the hike in minimum monthly wages are applicable from October 1.
What is Minimum Wage?
Minimum wages have been defined as “the minimum amount of remuneration that an employer is required to pay wage earners for the work performed during a given period, which cannot be reduced by collective agreement or an individual contract”
According to the Delhi government, The new rates of minimum wages are:
- The monthly wage of skilled workers increased from ₹ 20,903 to ₹ 21,215 by ₹312
- The monthly salary of semi-skilled workers increased from ₹ 18,993 to ₹ 19,279 by ₹ 286
- ₹ 260 increased in the monthly wages of unskilled labourers from ₹ 17,234 to ₹ 17,494.
“In order to provide relief to the Labourers and employees in Delhi who are facing the brunt of inflation, Labour Minister Shri Raaj Kumar Anand issued an order to increase the monthly wages of unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled workers of Delhi,” said a Delhi government statement.
In the statement, Labour Minister Raaj Kumar Anand said, “This decision of the Delhi government will benefit unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and other workers in all scheduled employment categories.”
“People working on minimum wages in the unorganised sector should also benefit from dearness allowance, which is usually given to state and central government employees,” he added.
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