The new revised minimum wage will come into effect from October 1 and will benefit the workers engaged in various sectors, including building construction, loading and unloading, watch and ward, sweeping and cleaning.
To arrive at the wage rates, the group will look into the international best practices on the wages and evolve a scientific criteria and methodology for fixation of wages. The expert group is chaired by Prof Ajit Mishra, Director, Institute of Economic Growth.
No new announcement was made regarding their impending demands on the 7th Pay Commission recommendations in the Modi government's Union Budget 2019.
In a big bang election promise, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced Nyuntam Aay Yojana or minimum income scheme. Here's what it means.
The Congress president claimed that the move would be unprecedented as 'no government in the world has ever taken such a decision'.
The convention has listed 20 demands from the government for the members of the trade unions across the country.
The petitioner in person sought the linking of the old age pension with the price index and said the value of Rs. 200 that one was getting in 2007 has gone down substantially in 2018.
Wages for piece rate work under 15 job categories have also been enhanced for the labourers.
The move comes after the Delhi High Court on August 4 quashed the Aam Aadmi Party government's March 2017 notification fixing higher wages in the city.
These wages should be equivalent to what is paid to Group 'D' central government employees under the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, the petitioner had pleaded.
As per the notification, the minimum wages for unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled labour were fixed at Rs 13,500, Rs 14,698 and Rs 16,182, respectively.
Trade unions on Tuesday refused to call off their scheduled strike on September 2 despite the central government agreeing to some of their demands including hiking the minimum wage to Rs 350.
In a bid to dissuade government employees from going on a country-wide strike scheduled on Friday, the Centre on Tuesday decided to pay two years pending bonus of central government’s employees. The payment of
New Delhi: Delhi government today announced a slight increase in the minimum wages of workers across sectors, violating which will result in contractors getting "blacklisted" as per a recent decision by the Cabinet.Announcing the hike,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to bring wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) on par with minimum wages prevailing in different states.A bench of justices S
Top News
Latest News
