Minimum wage hike for unskilled labourers 'historic': Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the "historic hike" in minimum wages to Rs 350/day is a step forward in transforming India and labour reforms.
By : migrator
Update: 2016-08-31 11:13 GMT
New Delhi
To appease trade unions, the government yesterday announced a 42 per cent increase in the minimum wages for unskilled non-agricultural workers to Rs 350 per day from the current Rs 246.
Also, the government employees will be paid a wage bonus as per revised norms, for 2014-15 and 2015-16, a move that will entail a payout of Rs 1,920 crore.
"Historic hike in minimum wages for unskilled non-agricultural workers to Rs 350/day is a step forward in Transforming India and labour reforms," Jaitley tweeted.
The decision to pay bonus for years 2014-15 and 2015-16 on revised norms reiterates government's "commitment to work for the benefit of workers".
Trade unions, which are demanding minimum monthly wage of Rs 18,000 per month or Rs 692 a day and base pension of Rs 3,000 a month have said however that they would go ahead with the day-long strike on September 2.
The strike call is being supported by almost all major labour unions except RSS-affiliated BMS, and may impact banking and insurance services, power supplies and coal mining.
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