Bhopal, May 5: The State Government has issued a notification in the Madhya Pradesh Gazette (Extra ordinary) of April 30, 2008 revising the rates of minimum wages of the workers engaged in 33 different types of employment in the state. Accordingly, now an unskilled worker would be paid wages at the rates of Rs 3070 per month or Rs 118 per day, semi-skilled worker Rs 3200 per month or Rs 123 per day and a skilled worker would be paid wages at the rate of Rs 3350 per month or a minimum of Rs 129 per day. It may be mentioned that the rates of minimum wages of workers/ employees working in 33 different types of employment have been revised after a long gap of almost one decade.

Similarly, the state government has revised the wages of agricultural workers too. Accordingly, an agricultural worker would be paid wages at the rate of Rs 85 per day instead of Rs 69. Thus, he/she would get an increase of Rs 16 in daily wages. The minimum wages of workers engaged in agriculture was last revised in the year 1989.

Moreover, it may be mentioned that the suggestions regarding the proposal for revision of minimum wages of the workers engaged in 33 employment were invited in January this year. Finally, the state government have published a notification in the Madhya Pradesh Gazette (Extraordinary) of April 30, 2008 revising the rates of minimum wages after considering suggestions received in this regard and consulting the Madhya Pradesh Minimum Wages Advisory Council.