S.NO.

Name of the Scheduled Employment

Minimum Wages as on 31.12.2002

Basic

D.A.

Total

1

2

3

4

5

15.TAMIL NADU

1

Aerated Water Manufactory

29.00

25.19

54.19

2

Agriculture

54.00

-

54.00

3

Appalam Manufactory

38.50

33.90

72.40

4

Automobile Workshops

45.00

39.63

84.63

5

Autorickshaws and Taxis

45.00

35.23

80.23

6

Agarbathy Manufactory

23.07

34.35

57.42

7

Bakeries and Biscuit Manufactory

33.00

27.48

60.48

8

Bleaching / Dyeing

9.23

79.84

89.07

9

Bought Leaf Tea Factories

32.69

48.33

81.02

10

Bricks & Tiles Manufactory

32.88

26.42

59.30

11

Carpentary & Blacksmithy

52.50

45.80

98.30

12

Cashewnut Industry

28.50

15.43

43.93

13

Cinema Industry

53.07

46.65

99.72

14

Coconut Peeling

33.50

27.48

60.98

15

Coffee Curing Works

30.00

26.56

56.56

16

Coir Manufactory

39.26

34.79

74.05

17

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

54.00

-

54.00

18

Construction or maintenance of Roads or Buildings Operations

56.00

48.09

104.09

19

Cotton Ginning, Pressing & Cotton Waste

36.50

33.90

70.40

20

Chemical Fertilizer Industry

38.46

34.35

72.81

21

Electronics Industry

43.23

37.87

81.10

22

Food Processing Industry

29.00

36.27

65.27

23

Forestry

21.50

41.23

62.73

24

General Engineering & Fabrication Industry

35.19

45.96

81.15

25

Gold and Silver Articles Manufacturers

44.00

56.24

100.24

26

Gunny Industry

55.00

48.50

103.50

27

Hospitals and Nursing Homes

36.34

42.92

79.26

28

Hotels and Restaurants

33.84

43.15

76.99

29

i) Fire Works ii) Match Manufactory

20.00 33.50

28.12 27.48

48.12 60.98

30

Granite Industry

61.53

54.60

116.13

31

Laundries and Washing Clothes

58.00

50.38

108.38

32

Loading and Un-loading Operations

35.00

30.92

65.92

33

Motion Picture Industry

42.46

37.43

79.89

34

Medical and Sales Representatives

88.46

11.92

100.38

35

Neera Tapping

64.00

54.96

118.96

36

Oil Mills

40.50

31.26

71.76

37

Paper and Other incidental Processes

21.15

44.39

65.54

38

Plantations

22.40

31.42

53.82

39

Polythene Processing, Foam Items & Plastic Industry

33.07

44.34

77.41

40

Powerloom Industry

29.00

25.19

54.19

41

Printing Presses

34.50

30.38

64.88

42

Public Motor Transport

56.42

50.02

106.44

43

Rice, Flour and Dal Mills

35.00

33.46

68.46

44

Sago Industry

38.00

35.23

73.23

45

Salt Pans

35.00

33.46

68.46

46

Sea Food Processing

35.38

26.42

61.80

47

Sericulture

39.00

34.35

73.35

48

Shops & Commercial Establishments

37.30

33.02

70.32

49

Silk Twisting Industry

40.50

34.35

74.85

50

Soap Manufactory

48.50

46.68

95.18

51

Security Guards

46.15

37.85

84.00

52

Tailoring Industry

17.30

38.05

55.35

53

Timber Industry

54.50

48.09

102.59

54

Tin Container Manufactory

38.00

33.02

71.02

55

Tanneries & Leather Manufactory

26.75

24.22

50.97

56

Tobacco Manufactory i) Beedi Rolling ii) Scented & Chewing Tobacco iii) Snuff Industry

31.20 28.00 33.00

23.12 24.05 27.48

54.32 52.05 60.48

57

Vessels (Utensils) Manufactory

34.00

29.77

63.77

58

Woollen Carpet & Shawl Weaving Industry

17.00

32.98

49.98

* = Out of 90 Scheduled Employments in Tamil Nadu, wages have been reported for 58 Scheduled Employments only.