Ministry of Labour & Employment
Payment of Minimum Wages to Contract/Casual Employees
04 APR 2018
The basic rate of minimum wages for the scheduled employments in the
Central sphere was last revised and notified on 19.01.2017. A component
of minimum rates of wage, Variable Dearness Allowance (V.D.A.), was last
revised on 01.10.2017.Rates fixed for the scheduled employments in the
Central sphere are applicable to establishments under the authority of
Central Government, railway administration, mines, oil-fields, major
port or any corporation established by a Central Government. These rates
are equally applicable to contract and casual labourers/worker. The
implementation of the Act is done by the Centre as well as the States in
respect of their respective jurisdiction. In the Central Sphere, the
enforcement is secured through the Inspecting Officers of the Chief
Labour Commissioner (Central) commonly designated as Central Industrial
Relations Machinery (CIRM) across the Country for workers falling under
the Scheduled Employment in the Central Sphere including CPSUs and
Railways establishments through regular inspections. In case of
non-compliance, penal provisions against the defaulting employers are
invoked.This Ministry is in constant endeavor towards implementing the
revised rates of minimum wages. As far as employees in Railway are
concerned guidelines were issued in December, 2017 to Ministry of
Railways/Railway Board. Ministry of Railways has also issued
instructions to its Zonal Offices across the country for strict
compliance of minimum wages in December, 2017.The data of inspections,
amount of claims, action taken against defaulting employer under the
Minimum Wage Act, 1948 in the Central Sphere for the last three years is
at Annexure ‘A’.
Annexure ‘A’
Claims cases under Minimum Wages Act, 1948| Year | Claims | Amount | ||||
| B/F | Filed | Decided | Awarded | Recovered | Paid to Workers | |
| 2015-16 | 3672 | 743 | 1796 | 66654417 | 44128036 | 34879425 |
| 2016-17 | 2610 | 1198 | 1138 | 96684922 | 49485990 | 48540964 |
| 2017-18(upto Dec.,2017) | 2617 | 1050 | 819 | 95757253 | 20697840 | 24866702 |
Minimum Wages Act, 1948
| Sl.No. | Particulars | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017 -18(upto Dec,2017) |
| 1. | No. of Inspections Conducted | 9803 | 9151 | 7380 |
| 2. | No. of Irregularities Detected | 75938 | 61689 | 62304 |
| 3. | No. of Irregularities Rectified | 46467 | 53255 | 28884 |
| 4. | No. of Prosecutions Launched | 1549 | 2321 | 1130 |
| 5. | No. of Convictions | 1476 | 1951 | 1721 |
This information was given by Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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