Question 1

Why is a December 2024 gazette effective from 1 January 2023?

Accepted Answer

Because the revision was proposed long before it was finalised. The draft proposals were published on 4 September 2023, objections were considered, and the Minimum Wages Advisory Board was consulted before the final notification issued on 13 December 2024. The state made the rates effective from 1 January 2023 all the same.
That means arrears. Run the difference between what you paid and these rates for every month from January 2023 onward, for every worker in a covered employment.

Question 2

Which employments does this cover?

Accepted Answer

Part 1 lists 51 scheduled employments, including shops and commercial establishments, engineering, printing presses, hotels and restaurants, textiles, private educational institutions, private hospitals and nursing homes not run by government, LPG distribution, tailoring and garments, and all factories registered under the Factories Act that are not covered by another scheduled employment.
Part 2 covers agriculture in any form, which the notification defines broadly to include ploughing and sowing, dairying, horticulture, livestock rearing, beekeeping and poultry, and operations ancillary to farming such as preparing produce for market and transporting it there.

Question 3

Do I divide the monthly wage by 26 days or 30?

Accepted Answer

By 26. The notification states that the daily rate for a worker paid by the day is the monthly rate for that worker's category divided by 26.
Both figures are printed in the gazette so you do not need to calculate either. Overtime beyond the normal eight hours a day is paid at double the ordinary rate.

Question 4

What do part-time workers get?

Accepted Answer

A part-time worker who works less than four hours is entitled to 50 per cent of the prescribed minimum rate. A part-time worker who works more than four hours gets the full prescribed wage.
There is no sliding scale between the two. Four hours is the whole of the test, so a five-hour shift costs the same as an eight-hour one at the minimum.

Question 5

Do young workers and disabled workers get less?

Accepted Answer

No. The notification states that the minimum rates for persons under 18 years of age and for disabled persons are payable at the same level as for adults of the same category, whether unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled or highly skilled.
The only category-linked deduction the notification permits is in hotels and restaurants, where an employer providing accommodation may deduct ₹100 and one providing food may deduct a further ₹100 from an unskilled worker's wage.

Question 6

What about domestic workers, brick kilns and sales promotion staff?

Accepted Answer

Each is notified separately on the same date and at its own rates. Domestic workers are paid ₹923 a month for each task of up to 60 minutes a day in a household of up to four members, rising to ₹8,034 a month for a full day's work of up to eight hours, with 10 per cent more where the household exceeds four members.
Brick kiln work is on piece rates: ₹309 per 1,000 bricks for moulding, ₹181 for filling and ₹199 for unloading. Sales promotion employees under the 1976 Act are classed as highly skilled at ₹359 a day or ₹9,334 a month. Rural development scheme work is on a long task-rate schedule at ₹285 a day for unskilled labour.

Category of worker	Basic rate / month	★ Basic rate / day
Unskilled	7,410	285
Semi-skilled	7,722	297
Skilled	8,034	309
Highly skilled	9,334	359

Minimum Wages in Rajasthan

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51 Scheduled Employments and Agriculture: Wage Rates by Category

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Frequently Asked Questions

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