The Labour Welfare and Skill Development Department, Tamil Nadu on June 10, 2022, revise the minimum rates of wages for Employment in cotton ginning and pressing, and Employment in cotton waste was revised under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (Central Act XI of 1948.
The range of wages in the category
•In the Highly Skilled category, the minimum wage is Rs. 301 per day.
•In the Skilled category the range of minimum wage varies from Rs.281.50 to Rs 285 per day.
•In the Semi-Skilled category the range of minimum wage varies from Rs.277 to Rs.285 per day.
•In the Unskilled category the range of minimum wage varies from Rs.273 to Rs.282 per day.
•In the Miscellaneous category the range of minimum wage varies from Rs.7191 to Rs.7676 per month.
Dearness Allowance – In addition to the minimum rates of basic wages fixed above, the employees shall be paid dearness allowance namely: -
1. The Dearness Allowance is linked to the Average Chennai City Consumer Price Index for the year 2010, which is 161 points (with base 2001=100) and for every raise of one point over and above 161 points, an increase of Rs. 1.40 (Rupee one and forty paise only) per day shall be paid as dearness allowance.
2. The dearness allowance shall be calculated on the first April of every year on the basis of the average of the indices for the preceding twelve months, namely from January to December.
3. The first calculation shall be effective from June 03, 2022, based on the Average of Chennai City Consumer Price Index of the previous year.
To arrive at the daily rates of wages, the monthly wages shall be divided by 26
To arrive at the monthly wages, the daily wages shall be multiplied by 30
[Notification No. G.O.(2D) NO.39]
