Srinagar, October 04: Dr Haseeb Drabu approved the hike in Minimum Wage’ for ‘unskilled’ labour from Rs 150 to Rs 225 while in case of skilled labour, wages will be hiked from Rs 225 to Rs 300.
Dr Drabu said the Labour Department has abolished the category of semi-skilled labour while highly-skilled category has been introduced for which rate has been fixed at Rs 400. In case of administrative/ministerial staff, wages will go up from 200 to 325, a hike of 62.5 percent.
He said the Government is moving to bring the ‘Minimum Wages’ at par with the market standard in coming years while directing the officers to re-examine the classification of labourers in the light of use of new technology.
The comprehensive package will also cover workers engaged for implementation of different government schemes by Departments such as Education and RDD. The government is also working on formulating comprehensive Labour Laws for the welfare of labour class.
The meeting was attended by Financial Commissioner, Navin Choudhary, Commissioner Secretary, Labour and Employment, Kifayat Rizvi, Labour Commissioner, Abdul Rasheed, Director Codes, MR Andrabi and other officers of Finance and Labour & Employment Department.
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