Delhi government raises minimum wage for workers amid Covid19 and rising prices

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday declared a rise within the minimum wages of unskilled, semi-skilled, and expert labourers, saying it'll facilitate them bridge over the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and price rise. The hike takes the monthly wages of unskilled staff from Rs 15,908 to Rs 16,064 whereas the monthly wages of semi-skilled workers will increase from Rs 17,537 to Rs 17,693, a Old Delhi government statement said. The monthly regular payment of skilled workers has been hyperbolic from Rs 19,291 to Rs 19,473, it said.

"The monthly payment to labourers in Delhi is on top of the other state within the country. The labour troubled with Covid and inflation will receive some relief from the rise in minimum wages," Sisodia aforementioned. Sisodia, who is additionally minister in-charge of the labour department of the urban center government, issued AN order to extend expensiveness allowance of unskilled, semi-skilled and alternative staff of Delhi, it said. The monthly regular payment of matriculated however non-graduate workers has been redoubled from Rs 19,291 to Rs 19,473 and therefore the monthly salary of labourers with graduate and on top of academic qualification has been increased from Rs 20,976 to Rs 21,184. Sisodia said the large step of accelerating wages was taken keeping the interests of the poor and therefore the labour throughout the coronavirus epidemic in mind. The clerical and supervisor class workers also will receive this benefit, he said.