- Valid in September 2025
- 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 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 2 Excavating
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 3 Tractor
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 4 Ploughing
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 5 Breaking lumps of soil
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 6 Trimming of bunds
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 7 Alignment & Leveling of bunds
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 8 Ploughing to form bunds
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 9 Making beds for close broad casting
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 10 Leveling the land for paddy cultivation
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 11 Carrying out kunte and halube operations
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
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 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 13 Transportation of Manure
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 14 Feeding Manure
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 15 Feeding Chemical manure
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 16 Trimming the seedlings mixing Chemical manure
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 17 Sowing
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 18 Drill Sowing
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 19 Transplanting
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 20 Transplanting in dry land
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 21 Irrigation
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 22 Lifting water from picotta and lifting water
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 23 Spacing by removal of intervening plants in paddy area
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 24 Thinning of Sugarcane
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 25 Mid term cultivation
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 26 Winnowing
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 27 Casting soil to the roots of garden crops, sugarcane, maize and potato crops
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 28 Plant protection operation
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 29 To tie up Sugarcane to avoid swaying
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 30 Harvesting
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 30 a) Cutting
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 30 b) Thrashing
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 30 c) Winnowing
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 31 Transportation of produce
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 32 Cleaning
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 33 Plucking (in cotton crops)
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category A - 34 Other works
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category B - 1 Watching over the Birds
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category B - 2 Driving out Birds from eating the crops
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category B - 3 Grazing cows and washing the cattle
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category B - 4 Grazing cattle, sheep and goats
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category B - 5 Poultry and piggary farm works
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category C - 1 Jaggery making
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category C - 2 Curing Tobacco
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category C - 3 Immanulation in hybrids seeds production
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category C - 4 Pruning work in grape farms
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category C - 5 Harvesting coconut and arecanut
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category C - 6 Plucking coconut and arecanut
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category C - 7 Trimming and spraying work in areca nut and coconut farms
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category C - 8 De-husking coconut and arecanut
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category C - 9 Baking arecanut
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category C - 10 Other works in areca-nut and coconut farms
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category C - 11 Harvesting betel leaf and pepper
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category C - 12 Other works in plant nursery fruit and flowers cultivation
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
Category C - 13 Other works (Horticulture)
Minimum wage with effect from 1 April 2025.
Minimum wage with effect till 31 March 2026.
|
₹401.26 | ₹131.95 | ₹533.21 | ₹10,432.76 | ₹13,863.56 |
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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