Minimum Wages
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Yogi Adityanath announces assured minimum wages for UP workers: All you need to know
Uttar Pradesh | Aug 26, 2025, 06:43 PM ISTAt the Rozgar Mahakumbh 2025 in Lucknow, CM Yogi Adityanath announced that Uttar Pradesh will be the first state in India to guarantee minimum wages for all workers. He highlighted government efforts to create jobs, support MSMEs, and empower youth through modern training, schemes, and investments.
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Centre revises variable dearness allowance, hikes minimum wage for workers from October 1
Business | Sep 26, 2024, 07:52 PM ISTThe new revised minimum wage will come into effect from October 1 and will benefit the workers engaged in various sectors, including building construction, loading and unloading, watch and ward, sweeping and cleaning.
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Govt sets up expert panel to fix minimum wages
India | Jun 03, 2021, 03:37 PM ISTTo arrive at the wage rates, the group will look into the international best practices on the wages and evolve a scientific criteria and methodology for fixation of wages. The expert group is chaired by Prof Ajit Mishra, Director, Institute of Economic Growth.
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7th Pay Commission: Central govt employees may get 5% DA hike by July end
Business | Jul 13, 2019, 03:26 PM ISTNo new announcement was made regarding their impending demands on the 7th Pay Commission recommendations in the Modi government's Union Budget 2019.
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NYAY: Rahul Gandhi's Nyuntam Aay Yojana explained
Mar 26, 2019, 04:15 PM ISTIn a big bang election promise, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced Nyuntam Aay Yojana or minimum income scheme. Here's what it means.
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Rahul Gandhi promises minimum universal basic income for poor if Congress returns to power
Jan 28, 2019, 11:43 PM ISTThe Congress president claimed that the move would be unprecedented as 'no government in the world has ever taken such a decision'.
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Trade unions' 20 point agenda includes Rs 18,000 minimum wage, social security cover
Business | Dec 31, 2018, 09:46 PM ISTThe convention has listed 20 demands from the government for the members of the trade unions across the country.
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Centre rejects suggestion to link old age pension with minimum wage
India | Dec 01, 2018, 12:33 PM ISTThe petitioner in person sought the linking of the old age pension with the price index and said the value of Rs. 200 that one was getting in 2007 has gone down substantially in 2018.
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Odisha government hikes minimum daily wages of labourers after three years
India | Oct 30, 2018, 07:52 PM ISTWages for piece rate work under 15 job categories have also been enhanced for the labourers.
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Delhi cabinet restores increase in minimum wages quashed by HC
India | Oct 18, 2018, 08:29 PM ISTThe move comes after the Delhi High Court on August 4 quashed the Aam Aadmi Party government's March 2017 notification fixing higher wages in the city.
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SC rejects plea for minimum wages for unorganised sector workers
India | Oct 12, 2018, 07:28 PM ISTThese wages should be equivalent to what is paid to Group 'D' central government employees under the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, the petitioner had pleaded.
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Delhi High Court sets aside AAP govt order revising minimum wages
India | Aug 04, 2018, 08:33 PM ISTAs per the notification, the minimum wages for unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled labour were fixed at Rs 13,500, Rs 14,698 and Rs 16,182, respectively.
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Trade unions reject government’s offer, refuse to call off September 2 strike
Aug 30, 2016, 05:30 PM ISTTrade unions on Tuesday refused to call off their scheduled strike on September 2 despite the central government agreeing to some of their demands including hiking the minimum wage to Rs 350.
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Centre to release of two-year pending bonus for govt employees, minimum wage hiked to Rs 350
Aug 30, 2016, 05:01 PM ISTIn a bid to dissuade government employees from going on a country-wide strike scheduled on Friday, the Centre on Tuesday decided to pay two years pending bonus of central government’s employees. The payment of
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Minimum wages hiked in Delhi
India | Oct 16, 2015, 11:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi government today announced a slight increase in the minimum wages of workers across sectors, violating which will result in contractors getting "blacklisted" as per a recent decision by the Cabinet.Announcing the hike,
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Bring wages under MGNREGS on par with minimum wages: SC
India | Jul 11, 2014, 06:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to bring wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) on par with minimum wages prevailing in different states.A bench of justices S