Report on the Working of the Minimum Wages Act

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

18.WEST BENGAL

1

Agriculture

10.15

50.81

60.96

2

Bakery

10.40

81.88

92.28

3

Beedi Leaf Plucking

62.92

-

62.92

4

Beedi Manufacturing (Per 1000 Beedis rolled)

7.00

33.68

40.68

5

Bell Metal & Brass Industry

54.81

35.88

90.69

6

Bone Mills

7.04

51.75

58.79

7

Brick Manufacturing

84.62

-

84.62

8

Ceramic Industry

8.38

57.58

65.96

9

Chaki Mills

10.04

59.00

69.04

10

Cigarette Manufacturing

Wages fixed by Agreements

11

Cinchona Plantations

21.62

55.16

76.78

12

Cinema:- (a) Distribution Unit (b) Production Unit (c) Exhibition Unit

3.69 3.69 3.69

68.72 68.72 68.72

72.41 72.41 72.41

13

Clinical Nursing Homes

8.42

57.58

66.00

14

Construction or Maintenance of Roads or Building Operations Zone-A Zone-B

39.83 38.79

42.54 42.54

82.37 81.33

15

Dal Mills Zone-A Zone-B

66.54 62.19

26.81 10.85

93.35 73.04

16

Decoration

11.15

51.84

62.99

17

Establishments not covered by Notification No.24-MW dt.21.2.1985 (Commercial Establishments other than Shops)

66.12

26.80

92.92

18

Fishery

62.42

-

62.42

19

Flour Mills

72.73

14.65

87.38

20

Forestry or Timbering Operations

18.23

45.58

63.81

21

Glass Industry

4.31

86.84

91.15

22

Godowns Zone-A Zone-B

65.27 64.23

17.11 17.12

82.38 81.35

23

Handloom

67.38

-

67.38

24

Hosiery Zone-A Zone-B

71.77 70.87

26.81 26.81

98.58 97.62

25

Hotels & Restaurants

Rate fixed, quashed by High Court to be fixed fresh

26

Iron Foundry Zone-A Zone-B

80.23 74.35

16.31 2.30

96.54 76.65

27

Lac Manufacturing

53.46

10.85

64.31

28

Local Authority

Wages Fixed by Urban Development Department

29

Medicinal Plants Plantations

21.62

55.16

76.78

30

Oil Mills Zone-A Zone-B

75.00 64.35

23.92 7.30

98.82 71.65

31

Paints and Chemicals Factories

75.00

17.12

92.12

32

Paper Board and Straw Board:- (a)Machine Dry Process (b)Sun Dry Process

9.42 7.12

52.17 39.46

61.59 46.58

33

Plastic Industry

8.38

57.58

65.96

34

Plywood Industry

68.23

14.15

82.38

35

Power Looms

10.08

57.88

67.96

36

Printing Presses

0.77

38.96

39.73

37

Public Motor Transport

13.54

95.15

108.69

38

Refractory Industry

52.81

28.54

81.35

39

Rice Mills

7.50

39.90

47.40

40

Rope Industry

53.12

39.15

92.27

41

Rubber and Rubber Products Mfg.

8.65

57.89

66.54

42

(a)Sericulture Nursery and Cultivation (b) Silk Spinning or/ and Weaving

63.47 66.85

- -

63.47 66.85

43

Sales Promotion in Medicines

125.00

11.08

136.08

44

Salt Manufacturing Industry

50.69

18.58

69.27

45

Saw Mills

9.19

57.89

67.08

46

Security Services

71.50

17.85

89.35

47

Shoe Making Industry

54.73

35.89

90.62

48

Shops

11.50

79.00

90.50

49

Silk Printing

8.38

57.77

66.15

50

Stone Breaking or Stone Crushing

7.69

49.39

57.08

51

Tabacco Godowns

63.88

-

63.88

52

Tailoring

8.54

57.88

66.42

53

Tanneries and Leather Manufactory Zone-A Zone-B

67.92 64.08

26.81 26.80

94.73 90.88

54

Tea Plantations

Wages fixed by Agreements

Zone-A = Urban

Zone-B = Rural

S.NO.	Name of the Scheduled Employment	Minimum Wages as on 31.12.2002
		Basic	D.A.	Total
1	2	3	4	5
18.WEST BENGAL
1	Agriculture	10.15	50.81	60.96
2	Bakery	10.40	81.88	92.28
3	Beedi Leaf Plucking	62.92	-	62.92
4	Beedi Manufacturing (Per 1000 Beedis rolled)	7.00	33.68	40.68
5	Bell Metal & Brass Industry	54.81	35.88	90.69
6	Bone Mills	7.04	51.75	58.79
7	Brick Manufacturing	84.62	-	84.62
8	Ceramic Industry	8.38	57.58	65.96
9	Chaki Mills	10.04	59.00	69.04
10	Cigarette Manufacturing	Wages fixed by Agreements
11	Cinchona Plantations	21.62	55.16	76.78
12	Cinema:- (a) Distribution Unit (b) Production Unit (c) Exhibition Unit	3.69 3.69 3.69	68.72 68.72 68.72	72.41 72.41 72.41
13	Clinical Nursing Homes	8.42	57.58	66.00
14	Construction or Maintenance of Roads or Building Operations Zone-A Zone-B	39.83 38.79	42.54 42.54	82.37 81.33
15	Dal Mills Zone-A Zone-B	66.54 62.19	26.81 10.85	93.35 73.04
16	Decoration	11.15	51.84	62.99
17	Establishments not covered by Notification No.24-MW dt.21.2.1985 (Commercial Establishments other than Shops)	66.12	26.80	92.92
18	Fishery	62.42	-	62.42
19	Flour Mills	72.73	14.65	87.38
20	Forestry or Timbering Operations	18.23	45.58	63.81
21	Glass Industry	4.31	86.84	91.15
22	Godowns Zone-A Zone-B	65.27 64.23	17.11 17.12	82.38 81.35
23	Handloom	67.38	-	67.38
24	Hosiery Zone-A Zone-B	71.77 70.87	26.81 26.81	98.58 97.62
25	Hotels & Restaurants	Rate fixed, quashed by High Court to be fixed fresh
26	Iron Foundry Zone-A Zone-B	80.23 74.35	16.31 2.30	96.54 76.65
27	Lac Manufacturing	53.46	10.85	64.31
28	Local Authority	Wages Fixed by Urban Development Department
29	Medicinal Plants Plantations	21.62	55.16	76.78
30	Oil Mills Zone-A Zone-B	75.00 64.35	23.92 7.30	98.82 71.65
31	Paints and Chemicals Factories	75.00	17.12	92.12
32	Paper Board and Straw Board:- (a)Machine Dry Process (b)Sun Dry Process	9.42 7.12	52.17 39.46	61.59 46.58
33	Plastic Industry	8.38	57.58	65.96
34	Plywood Industry	68.23	14.15	82.38
35	Power Looms	10.08	57.88	67.96
36	Printing Presses	0.77	38.96	39.73
37	Public Motor Transport	13.54	95.15	108.69
38	Refractory Industry	52.81	28.54	81.35
39	Rice Mills	7.50	39.90	47.40
40	Rope Industry	53.12	39.15	92.27
41	Rubber and Rubber Products Mfg.	8.65	57.89	66.54
42	(a)Sericulture Nursery and Cultivation (b) Silk Spinning or/ and Weaving	63.47 66.85	- -	63.47 66.85
43	Sales Promotion in Medicines	125.00	11.08	136.08
44	Salt Manufacturing Industry	50.69	18.58	69.27
45	Saw Mills	9.19	57.89	67.08
46	Security Services	71.50	17.85	89.35
47	Shoe Making Industry	54.73	35.89	90.62
48	Shops	11.50	79.00	90.50
49	Silk Printing	8.38	57.77	66.15
50	Stone Breaking or Stone Crushing	7.69	49.39	57.08
51	Tabacco Godowns	63.88	-	63.88
52	Tailoring	8.54	57.88	66.42
53	Tanneries and Leather Manufactory Zone-A Zone-B	67.92 64.08	26.81 26.80	94.73 90.88
54	Tea Plantations	Wages fixed by Agreements