Report on the Working of the Minimum Wages Act,1948

for the year 2002

TABLE 3

MINIMUM WAGES FOR UNSKILLED WORKERS IN SCHEDULED EMPLOYMENTS AS ON 31.12.2002

S.NO.

Name of the Scheduled Employment

Minimum Wages as on 31.12.2002

Basic

D.A.

Total

1

2

3

4

5

4.GUJARAT

1

Agriculture

50.00

-

50.00

2

Manufacturing Process as defined under section 2(k) of the Factories Act 1948

54.80

24.00

78.80

3

Automobile repairing workshops and Garages

56.10

24.00

80.10

4

Bakeries

56.30

24.00

80.30

5

Bobin Industry

57.20

24.00

81.20

6

Bone Crushing Industry

56.90

24.00

80.90

7

Brick Manufacturing Industry

57.30

24.00

81.30

8

Cement Prestressed Product Industry

60.10

24.00

84.10

9

Construction, Maintenance of Roads and Buildings Operation

58.70

24.00

82.70

10

Cotton Ginning and Pressing

59.50

24.00

83.50

11

Dispensary of Medical practitioners

58.30

24.00

82.30

12

Electronics and Allied or incidental Industries

59.50

24.00

83.50

13

Film Industry

61.30

24.00

85.30

14

Fisheries Industries

57.70

24.00

81.70

15

Forestry and Timber Operation

56.50

24.00

80.50

16

Hosiery Industry

57.90

24.00

81.90

17

Hospitals and Nursing Homes

58.70

24.00

82.70

18

Residential Hotels, Restaurants, or Eating Houses

57.90

24.00

81.90

19

Industrial Engineering Establishments ( more than 50 workers)

57.60

24.00

81.60

20

Industrial Engineering Establishments (other than Automobile repairing) having less than 50 workers

57.60

24.00

81.60

21

Jari Industry

57.10

24.00

81.10

22

Khandsari Industry

57.40

24.00

81.40

23

Loading and Unloading in Docks and Ports

Unloading 77.80

24.00

101.80

Loading 72.80

24.00

96.80

24

Loading and Unloading in Railway Goods Sheds

Unloading 77.80

24.00

101.80

Loading 72.80

24.00

96.80

25

Local Authorities (Municipal Corporation)

59.60

24.00

83.60

26

Oil Mills

59.40

24.00

83.40

27

Pulp and Paper or Paper Board Manufactory

57.60

24.00

81.60

28

Petrol / Diesel pumps

58.80

24.00

82.80

29

Pharmaceutical Industry

57.80

24.00

81.80

30

Plastic Industry

56.90

24.00

80.90

31

Potteries Industry

58.10

24.00

82.10

32

Powerloom Industry

58.60

24.00

82.60

33

Printing Presses

58.30

24.00

82.30

34

Public Motor Transport

62.60

24.00

86.60

35

Ready-made Garments and tailoring Estts.

57.20

24.00

81.20

36

Rice, Flour or Dal Mills

57.90

24.00

81.90

37

Roof Tiles Manufactory

56.90

24.00

80.90

38

Rubber and Rubber Products

57.40

24.00

81.40

39

Salt Pan Industry

76.80

9.40

86.20

40

Shops and Commercial Establishments

38.80

48.20

87.00

41

Soap Making Industry

58.10

24.00

82.10

42

Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing

55.80

24.00

79.80

43

Sugar Cane Cutting

Piece Rated

44

Sugar Industry

58.70

24.00

82.70

45

Tanneries and Leather Manufacturing

59.60

24.00

83.60

46

Textile Processing Industry

59.50

24.00

83.50

47

Tobacco processing Establishments

57.60

24.00

81.60

48

Tobacco(including Beedi making) Manufactory

56.20

24.00

80.20

49

Tube-well drilling operations

59.50

24.00

83.50

50

Woolen Carpet or Shawl Weaving establishments

60.70

24.00

84.70