Minimum Wages and VDA for the employees employed in Agriculture w.e.f. 01.04.2024

Minimum Wages and Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) for the employees employed in Agriculture w.e.f. 01.04.2024

File No.1 /7(1)/2024-LS-II
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner(C)
New Delhi

Dated: 01/04/2024

ORDER

In exercise of the powers conferred by Central Government vide Notification No. S.O. 186(E) dated 19th January, 2017 of the Ministry of Labour and Employment the undersigned hereby revise the rates of Variable Dearness Allowance for the employees employed in Agriculture w.e.f. 01.04.2024 on the basis of the average Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers reaching 399.70 from 385.97 as on 31.12.2023 (Base 2016=100) and thereby resulting in an increase of 13.73 points. The revised Variable Dearness Allowance as under shall be payable from 01.04.2024:-

Category of worker	Rates of V. D.A . Area wise per day (in Rupees)
	‘A’	‘B’	‘C’
Unskilled	164	151	149
Semi-Skilled / Unskilled Supervisory	178	164	152
Skilled / Clerical	198	178	164
Highly Skilled	214	200	178

Therefore, the minimum rates of wages including the basic rates and Variable Dearness Allowance payable w.e.f. 01.04.2024 to the employees working in Agriculture shall be as under:-

Category of worker	Rates of wages including V.D.A . Area wise per day (in Rupees)
	A	B	C
Unskilled	333+164=497	303+151=438	300+149=449
Semi- Skilled / Unskilled Supervisory	364+178=542	335+164=482	307+152=459
Skilled / Clerical	395+194=589	364+178=523	334+164=498
Highly Skilled	438+214=652	407+200=586	364+178=542

The VDA has been rounded off to the next higher rupee as per the decision of the Minimum Wages Advisory Board.

The classification of workers under different categories will be same as in Part-I of the notification, whereas classification of cities will be same as in the Part-II of the notification dated 19th January, 2017. The present classification of cities into areas A, B & C is enclosed at Annexure I for ready reference.

(Dr. Onkar Sharma)
Chief Labour Commissioner(C)

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