REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948 FOR THE YEAR 2001

TABLE  4 

Scheduled Employments in Central / State / Union Territory and Range

 of  Minimum Wages  as on 31st December 2001 

Sl. No.

Central Government /

States /  Union Territories

No. of Scheduled Employments

No of Scheduled Employments in which Minimum Wages  fixed / revised

Range of Minimum Wages Per day (Rs.)

Minimum

Maximum

1

2

3.

4

5

6

1

C.L.C (Central )

46

40

48.90

92.71

2

Andhra Pradesh

68

62

25.96

78.77

3

Arunachal Pradesh

25

25

39.87

39.87

4

Assam

75

75

27.69

95.38

5

Bihar

73

73

41.00

61.98

6

Delhi

29

29

99.70

99.70

7

Goa

25

20

45.69

93.00

8

Gujarat

50

50

34.00

93.40

9

Haryana

50

50

75.84

75.84

10

Himachal Pradesh

24

24

55.00

55.00

11

Jammu and Kashmir

35

35

30.00

30.00

12

Karnataka

64

64

16.70

95.60

13

Kerala

73

40

30.00

147.96

14

Madhya Pradesh

36

36

50.90

75.47

15

Maharashtra

78

65

8.46

121.80

16

Manipur

15

15

52.85

64.25

17

Meghalaya

24

24

50.00

50.00

18

Mizoram

2

2

70.00

70.00

19

Nagaland

37

36

45.00

45.00

20

Orissa

82

82

42.50

42.50

21

Punjab

60

60

78.28

82.08

22

Rajasthan

38

38

42.86

60.00

23

Tamil Nadu

83

61

43.45

129.61

24

Tripura

11

11

25.00

55.54

25

Uttar Pradesh

63

63

40.00

87.39

26

West Bengal

54

51

40.80

105.77

27

A & N Islands

8

8

70.00

88.88

28

Chandigarh

45

45

84.04

95.60

29

Dadra & N. Haveli

41

41

50.00

70.00

30

Lakshadweep

8

8

46.80

46.80

31

Pondicherry

5

5

21.00

65.00

        Source:Annual Return under the Minimum Wages Act,1948.

        Note: Act not enforced in Sikkim

        Rest  of the States / U.T.s have not submitted their Annual Return for the year 2001.