Minimum Wage – Agriculture and Related Works

  • Valid in April 2024
  • The amounts are in Indian Rupee (₹).

Skill level and job

Basic per day VDA per day Total per day Basic per month Total per month
Category A - 1 Up-rooting
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 2 Excavating
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 3 Tractor
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 4 Ploughing
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 5 Breaking lumps of soil
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 6 Trimming of bunds
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 7 Alignment & Leveling of bunds
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 8 Ploughing to form bunds
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 9 Making beds for close broad casting
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 10 Leveling the land for paddy cultivation
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 11 Carrying out kunte and halube operations
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 12 Working in bushes and carrying out kunte, halube operations to cover soil on seeds broadcasted
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 13 Transportation of Manure
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 14 Feeding Manure
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 15 Feeding Chemical manure
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 16 Trimming the seedlings mixing Chemical manure
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 17 Sowing
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 18 Drill Sowing
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 19 Transplanting
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 20 Transplanting in dry land
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 21 Irrigation
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 22 Lifting water from picotta and lifting water
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 23 Spacing by removal of intervening plants in paddy area
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 24 Thinning of Sugarcane
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 25 Mid term cultivation
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 26 Winnowing
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 27 Casting soil to the roots of garden crops, sugarcane, maize and potato crops
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 28 Plant protection operation
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 29 To tie up Sugarcane to avoid swaying
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 30 Harvesting
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 30 a) Cutting
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 30 b) Thrashing
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 30 c) Winnowing
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 31 Transportation of produce
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 32 Cleaning
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 33 Plucking (in cotton crops)
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category A - 34 Other works
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category B - 1 Watching over the Birds
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category B - 2 Driving out Birds from eating the crops
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category B - 3 Grazing cows and washing the cattle
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category B - 4 Grazing cattle, sheep and goats
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category B - 5 Poultry and piggary farm works
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category C - 1 Jaggery making
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category C - 2 Curing Tobacco
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category C - 3 Immanulation in hybrids seeds production
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category C - 4 Pruning work in grape farms
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category C - 5 Harvesting coconut and arecanut
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category C - 6 Plucking coconut and arecanut
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category C - 7 Trimming and spraying work in areca nut and coconut farms
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category C - 8 De-husking coconut and arecanut
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category C - 9 Baking arecanut
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category C - 10 Other works in areca-nut and coconut farms
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category C - 11 Harvesting betel leaf and pepper
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category C - 12 Other works in plant nursery fruit and flowers cultivation
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76
Category C - 13 Other works (Horticulture)
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2023. Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2024. Information last updated on this page 15/01/24
₹401.26 ₹82.85 ₹484.11 ₹10,432.76 ₹12,586.76

Definitions

Zone I shall comprise Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike.
Zone 2 shall comprise all notified areas of the city Corporations of the State and agglomeration areas other than the places mentioned in Zone 1.
Zone 3 shall comprise of all the District Head Quarters others than the places mentioned in Zone 1 and Zone 2.
Zone 4 shall comprise of other areas which are not covered in Zone 1, Zone 2 and Zone 3.

Definition of Unskilled, Semi-skilled, Skilled & Highly Skilled Workers.
(i) Unskilled:
An unskilled employee is one who does operations that involve the performance of simple duties, which require the experience of little of no independent judgment or previous experience although familiarity with the occupational environment is necessary. His work may thus require in addition to physical exertion familiarity with variety of articles or goods.
(ii) Semi-skilled:
A semiskilled worker is one who does work generally of defined routine nature wherein the major requirement is not so much of the judgment, skill and but for proper discharge of duties assigned to him or relatively narrow job and where important decisions made by others. His work is thus limited to the performance of routine operations of limited scope.
(iii) Skilled:
A skilled employee is one who is capable of working efficiently of exercising considerable independent judgement and of discharging his duties with responsibility. He must posses a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the trade, craft or industry in which he is employed.
(iv) Highly Skilled:
A highly skilled worker is one who is capable of working efficiently and supervises efficiently the work of skilled employees.

Wages per month are calculated as 4.33 times if a weekly wage is defined. It is calculated as 4.33 times the standard hours per week if an hourly wage is given.

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