Government Panel for Raising Minimum Wage

An expert committee set up by the government has recommended setting the minimum wage at Rs 375 a day, higher than the existing rate of Rs 321 for agriculture or unskilled workers and Rs 371for semi-skilled workers.

Anoop Satpathy Committee: The ministry of labour and employment had constituted the committee under the chairmanship of Anoop Satpathy in January 2017 to review and recommend ways to calculate the national minimum wage.

Balanced Diet Approach

  • The committee has come up with a new methodology that does away with the variation in wages based on sector, skills ....
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