Ranchi. Sensitive towards the workers, the government has increased the dearness allowance attached to the wages of the contract workers.
Due to this, there has been an increase in the wages of various categories of laborers from about 2,500 to 3,500 rupees. Using the powers conferred by sub-section (mm) of clause (v) of sub-rule (2) of Rule-25 of the Contract Labor (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1972, the government has determined the service conditions and wages payable to the contract workers. . The rates of variable dearness allowance notified by the Department of Labour, Planning, Training and Skill Development from the date of 01.04.2023 have been fixed, which will be payable to the contract workers. The government has issued an order for this.
Under this, the wages payable to unskilled laborers for the year 2020 was Rs 8,571.78 per month, in which from April 2023, variable dearness allowance has been increased by Rs 2,220.94. Now such workers will be given Rs 10,792.72 per month. Semi-skilled workers were entitled to Rs 8,977.47 in the year 2020, but their dearness allowance has been increased by Rs 2,326.06 from April 2023. Now such workers will get Rs 11,303.53 per month. The wages payable to skilled workers in the year 2020 was Rs 11,935.06 per month. After giving dearness allowance of Rs 3,092.37, Rs 15,027.43 will be payable to such workers. On the other hand, highly skilled workers used to get Rs 13,675.59 in the year 2020, but due to increase in variable dearness allowance by Rs 3,543.34, now such workers will get Rs 17,218.93 as wages per month.
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