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

1.CENTRAL SPHERE

1

Agriculture

67.00

20.01

87.01

75.00

22.12

97.12

2

Asbestos Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

3

Ashpit cleaning on Railways

29.00

23.69

52.69

42.00

33.94

75.94

4

Barytes Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

5

Bauxite Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

6

Construction and Maintenance of

52.00

2.52

54.52

Roads or of Building operations

65.00

3.15

68.15

7

China Clay Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

8

Copper Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

9

Clay Mines

Wages not reported

10

Chromite Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

11

Dolomite Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

12

Employment in Laying of Underground

52.00

2.52

54.52

Cables, Electric Lines, Water Supply

65.00

3.15

68.15

Lines and Sewerage Pipe Lines

13

Employment of Watch and Ward

Wages not reported

through Private Security Services

14

Fire Clay Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

15

Felspar Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

16

Gypsum Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

17

Graphite Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

18

Granite Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

19

Hematite Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

20

Iron Ore Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

21

Kyanite Mines

Wages not reported

22

Laterite Mines

Wages not reported

23

Loading, Unloading in Railway Goods Sheds

29.00

23.69

52.69

42.00

33.94

75.94

24

Local Authority

Wages not reported

25

Lignite Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

26

Mica works / Mica Mines

Wages not reported

27

Manganese Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

28

Magnesite Mines

Wages not reported

29

Magnetite Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

30

Marble and Calcite Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

31

Ochre Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

32

Quartzite Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

33

Quartz Mines

Wages not reported

34

Redoxide Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

35

Rockphosphate Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

36

Stone Breaking or Crushing

52.00

18.57

70.57

37

Stone Mines

Piece Rate

38

Steatite (including Soap Stone &

52.00

2.52

54.52

Talc) Mines

63.00

2.94

65.94

39

Silica Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

40

Slate Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

41

Tanneries and Leather Manufacturing

Wages not reported

42

Gravel Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

43

Uranium Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

44

White Clay Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

45

Wolfram Mines

52.00

2.52

54.52

63.00

2.94

65.94

46

Loading and Unloading on Ports and Docks

Wages not reported

47

Construction and maintenance of

52.00

2.52

54.52

Railways / Runways

65.00

3.15

68.15