The notification covers approximately two workers of millions of rupees in 100 scheduled jobs, including 18 added in recent years. | Photo credit: file photo
In what is expected to provide joy to a great workforce in programmed employment throughout the State, the Karnataka government notified on Friday minimum wages, proposing the monthly range of ₹ 19,319.36 for employees of workers not qualified in thermal stations.
In all industries in zone 1, the minimum monthly salary for a highly qualified worker is ₹ 31.114.02.
The increase in the proposition in the notification draft of the Department of Labor is a large increase of 70% with respect to existing salaries, including varying meat salaries, and occurs at a time when the increase in prices has affected families LAKS.
The notification covers approximately two workers of millions of rupees in 100 scheduled jobs, including 18 aggregates in recent years, and is based on the directive of the Supreme Court in the Rapoticas Brett case.
The salary review is required at least once every five years under the minimum wage law. The last salary review was carried out by the BJP government in 2022, which implemented a salary increase from 5% to 10% in 34 scheduled employment.
The notification draft issued on Friday has removed the notification of 2022 and proposes a new draft.
The draft has been published in search of objections if any, and then it will be placed before the Minimum Salary Advisory Board, a tripartite platform that brings together employers, representatives of employees and government officials before a final notification is issued. The whole process is expected to take at least three months before the salary increase is finally notified.
Return to three areas
The new notification refers to three areas of the existing classification of four areas for salary calculations. The fourth zone added in the last review had brought anomalies, in some cases knocking down wages. While zone 1 covers the BBMP area, zone 2 will cover the district headquarters and other municipal corporations, and zone 3 will cover the rest of the areas of the state. For the first time, the minimum salary review in all scheduled employment has been carried out in a single notification, as requested by the unions.
Welcoming the notification, the Secretary of the Aituc Karnataka Unit, M. Satyanand, said the Congress government had implemented a long data demand to scientifically calculate the minimum wages based on the Brett raptic case. “This comes at a time when the workforce has been under stress during the last five to six years of inflation.”
Be challenged
Meanwhile, the president of the Karnataka Employers Association, BC Prabhakar, said they present an objection to the notification draft and legally challenge it later. “The steep walk is that the minimum salaries of Karnataka are the highest in the country, surpassing Delhi. This can be counterproductive, increasing the cost of production. Some industries could emigrate to neighboring states, where minimum wages are much lower. Great blow to the intensive industries in labor,” he said.
For those of religious institutions
For the first time, minimum wages have spread to those who work in religious institutions, including temples, mutters, mosques, churches, gurudwaras, Basadis, Viharas, Arya Samaj, theosophical society and Iskcon and Iskers. These are among the 18 new scheduled jobs that have been introduced. Others include non -teaching staff in private schools, universities and training institutions. The staff of electronic commerce companies and messaging companies have also included.
Published – April 11, 2025 11:45 pm isth