The Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) on September 26, 2023, issued a notification regarding the revision of Variable Dearness Allowances (VDA) in the Minimum wages of employees working in certain industries under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. The Ministry has decided to increase the VDA 7.39, which revises it to 38.597.
The revised Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) shall be applicable from October 01, 2022.
The following industries are covered under this notification:
• Agriculture
• Gypsum Mines, Barytes Mines, Bauxite Mines, Manganese Mines, China Clay Mines, Kyanite Mines, Copper Mines, Clay Mines, Magnesite Mines, White Clay Mines, Stone Mines, Steatite Mines (including the mines producing Soap Stones and Talc), Ochre Mines, Asbestos Mines, Fire Clay Mines, Chromite Mines, Quartzite Mines, Quartz Mines, Silica Mines, Graphite Mines, Felspar Mines, Laterite Mines, Dolomite Mines, Red Oxide Mines, Wolfram Mines Iron Ore Mines, Granite Mines Rock Phosphate Mines, Hematite Mines, Marble and Calcite Mines, Uranium Mines, Mica Mines, Lignite Mines, Gravel Mines, Slate Mines and Magnetite Mines.
• Construction Or Maintenance Of Roads Or Runways Or Building Operations Including Laying Down Underground Electric, Wireless, Radio, Television, Telephone, Telegraph, And Overseas Communication Cables And Similar Other Underground Cabling Work, Electric Lines, Water Supply Lines, And Sewerage Pipe Lines.
• Loading And Unloading In (i) Goods Sheds, Parcel Offices Of Railways, (ii) Other Goods-Sheds, Godowns, Warehouses, And Other Similar Employments; (iii) Docks And Ports; And (iv) Passengers Goods And Cargo Carried Out At Airports (Both International And Domestic).
• Employment of Sweeping and Cleaning excluding activities prohibited under the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993
• Watch and Ward (Without Arms)
• Stone Mines
*Disclaimer – Kindly find all the detailed revisions in VDA in the provided link/document.
[File No. 1/8 /(1)2023 LS-II]
