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Minimum Wages in West Bengal w.e.f August 2010

Paycheck.in - West Bengal Minimum Wages w.e.f August 2010. Find here the minimum wages per day for West Bengal.

Sr.No.	Name of the Scheduled Employments	Area	Category of worker- skill wise
			Unskilled	Semi-skilled	Skilled	Highly Skilled
			Total Minimum Wages per day (In Rs)	Total Minimum Wages per day (In Rs)	Total Minimum Wages per day (In Rs)	Total Minimum Wages per day (In Rs)
			Total Minimum Wages per day (In Rs)	Total Minimum Wages per day (In Rs)	Total Minimum Wages per day (In Rs)	Total Minimum Wages per day (In Rs)
1	Agriculture	WB	127 without food	140 without food	154 without food	-
1	Agriculture	WB	118 with food	131 with food	145 with food
2	Bell Metal and Brass Industry	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
2	Bell Metal and Brass Industry	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
3	Ceramic Industry	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
3	Ceramic Industry	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
4	Chakki Mills	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
4	Chakki Mills	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
5	Cinchona Plantation	WB	ADULT WORKER 127.73
6	Clinical Nursing Home	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31	215.92
6	Clinical Nursing Home	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	192.57
7	Construction & Maintenance of Road or building operation	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31	215.92
7	Construction & Maintenance of Road or building operation	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	192.57
8	Dal Mills	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
8	Dal Mills	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07
9	Decoration	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
9	Decoration	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
10	Fishery	WB	ADULT WORKER 127.38
10	Fishery	WB	ADULT WORKER 127.38
11	Flour Mills	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31	215.92
11	Flour Mills	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	192.57
12	Godown(WB)	ZONE A	162.23	-	-	-
12	Godown(WB)	ZONE B	144.69	-	-	-
13	Handloom	WB	94.19	-	-	-
14	Hosiery Industry	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
14	Hosiery Industry	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
15	Medicinal Plant other than Cinchona	WB	ADULT WORKER 127.73
16	Oil Mills	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
16	Oil Mills	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
17	Paints & Chemicals Factories	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31	215.92
17	Paints & Chemicals Factories	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	192.57
18	Paper Board & straw Board Mfg. Industry	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
18	Paper Board & straw Board Mfg. Industry	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
19	Plastic Industry	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
19	Plastic Industry	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
20	Plywood Industry	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
20	Plywood Industry	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
21	Power Loom (Less than 10 person)	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
21	Power Loom (Less than 10 person)	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
22	Power Loom (10 or more person)	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
22	Power Loom (10 or more person)	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
23	Rice Mills	WB	127.73	140.11	154.11	169.54
24	Rope Industry	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
24	Rope Industry	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
25	Salt Manufacturing Industry	WB	127.73	140.11	154.11	169.54
26	Saw Mills	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
26	Saw Mills	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
27	Security services	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
27	Security services	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
28	Shoes Making Industry	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
28	Shoes Making Industry	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
29	Silk Printing	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
29	Silk Printing	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
30	Stone Breaking and Stone crushing	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
30	Stone Breaking and Stone crushing	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
31	Sweeping and cleaning excluding activities prohibited under the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
31		ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
32	Tailoring Industry	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31
32	Tailoring Industry	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07	-
33	Tanneries & Leather Manufacturing	ZONE A	162.23	178.46	196.31	-
33	Tanneries & Leather Manufacturing	ZONE B	144.69	159.15	175.07

N.B.	Implementing areas : Zone ‘A’= (i) Areas Notified under Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), (ii) Asansol Municipal Corporation, (iii) Durgapur Municipal Corporation, (iv) Siliguri Municipal Corporation, (v) Haldia Municipality, (vi) Digha Development Authority and (vii) Thermal Power Plant areas including Township areas.
	Zone ‘B’ = Rest of West Bengal;
	To arrive at daily rate, monthly rate will have to be divided by 26 and to be rounded off to the nearest rupee, to arrive at weekly rate; daily rate will have to be multiplied by 6; A normal working day shall consist of eight and half hours of work including interval for half-an-hour for rest;

Minimum Wage Rates last updated by Paycheck India on January 21, 2011

Definition: Unskilled, Semi-skilled, Skilled & Highly Skilled Workers

Source: Department of Labour and Employment, Government of India

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