Report on the Working of the Minimum Wages Act,1948

for the year 2003

TABLE 3

14.TAMIL NADU *

MINIMUM WAGES FOR UNSKILLED WORKERS IN SCHEDULED EMPLOYMENTS 

AS ON 31.12.2003

S.NO.

Name of the Scheduled Employment

Minimum Wages as on 31.12.2003 ( in Rs.)

Basic

D.A.

Total

1

2

3

4

5

1

Aerated Water Manufactory

29.00

28.05

57.05

2

Agriculture

54.00

-

54.00

3

Appalam Manufactory

38.50

37.75

76.25

4

Automobile Workshops

45.00

44.13

89.13

5

Autorickshaws and Taxis

45.00

39.23

84.23

6

Agarbathy Manufactory

23.07

38.25

61.32

7

Bakeries and Biscuit Manufactory

33.00

30.60

63.60

8

Bleaching / Dyeing

8.08

80.77

88.85

9

Bought Leaf Tea Factories

32.69

51.14

83.83

10

Bricks & Tiles Manufactory

32.88

29.42

62.30

11

Carpentary & Blacksmithy

52.50

51.00

103.50

12

Cashewnut Industry

28.50

17.27

45.77

13

Cinema Industry

53.07

51.98

105.05

14

Coaching Academics

51.92

10.15

62.07

15

Coconut Peeling

33.50

30.60

64.10

16

Coffee Curing Works

30.00

29.58

59.58

17

Coir Manufactory

39.26

38.74

78.00

18

Colleges and Research Stations under the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Agricultural Farms maintained by the Agricultural and Horticulture and other Govt. Departments.

54.00

-

54.00

19

Construction or maintenance of Roads or Buildings Operations

56.00

53.55

109.55

20

Cotton Ginning, Pressing & Cotton Waste

36.50

37.70

74.20

21

Chemical Fertilizer Industry

38.46

38.25

76.71

22

Electronics Industry

43.23

42.17

85.40

23

Food Processing Industry

41.00

40.21

81.21

24

Forestry

39.00

38.25

77.25

25

General Engineering & Fabrication Industry

47.00

51.00

98.00

26

Gold and Silver articles Manufactures

44.00

61.60

105.60

27

Gunny Industry

55.00

51.00

106.00

28

Hospitals and Nursing Homes

36.34

46.92

83.26

29

Hotels and Restaurants

33.85

48.05

81.90

30

i) Fire Works ii) Match Manufactory

20.00 33.50

30.80 30.60

50.80 64.10

31

Granite Industry

61.53

60.81

122.34

32

Laundries and Washing Clothes

58.00

56.10

114.10

33

Loading and Un-loading Operations

35.00

34.43

69.43

34

Motion Picture Industry

42.46

41.68

84.14

35

Medical and Sales Representatives

88.46

16.92

105.38