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Minimum Wages in Meghalaya

Meghalaya: Minimum Wages Notification Date - August 24, 2009

Sr. No.	Scheduled Employment	Category of workers
		Skilled	Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory	Un-Skilled
		Total Daily Minimum Wages(In Rs.)	Total Daily Minimum Wages(In Rs.)	Total Daily Minimum Wages(In Rs.)
1	Agriculture	140.00	120.00	100.00
2	Animal Husbandry and Veterinary	140.00	120.00	100.00
3	Bakery	140.00	120.00	100.00
4	Wax and Candle Industry	140.00	120.00	100.00
5	Construction of Roads and Building Operation	140.00	120.00	100.00
6	Construction, Generation & Distribution of Power, Water supply, Land Development, Excavation, Reclamation	140.00	120.00	100.00
7	Forest Operations	140.00	120.00	100.00
8	Furniture Industry	140.00	120.00	100.00
9	Fruit Preservation	140.00	120.00	100.00
10	Hotels and Restaurants	140.00	120.00	100.00
11	Local Authorities	140.00	120.00	100.00
12	Mines & Minerals	140.00	120.00	100.00
13	Motor Workshops	140.00	120.00	100.00
14	Plywood Industry	140.00	120.00	100.00
15	Stone crushing and breaking operations	140.00	120.00	100.00
16	Sericulture and Weaving	140.00	120.00	100.00
17	Soil conservation	140.00	120.00	100.00
18	Public Motor Transport	140.00	120.00	100.00
19	Saw Mill	140.00	120.00	100.00
20	Shops and Establishment	140.00	120.00	100.00
21	Printing Press	140.00	120.00	100.00
22	Sales, distribution and handling of petroleum products	140.00	120.00	100.00
23	Steel fabrication and Concrete products including brick making	140.00	120.00	100.00
24	Tailoring	140.00	120.00	100.00
25	Safai Karamcharis	140.00	120.00	100.00
26	Employment in Registered Factories not elsewhere classified	140.00	120.00	100.00
27	Employment under Government Authority (Casual Contingency Employee)	140.00	120.00	100.00

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

Note 1:The revised are inclusive of dearness allowance but exclusive of other concession if any, enjoyed by the employees.

Note 2:The existing task and hours of work i.e. 8 hours a day, 48 hours a week shall continue until further orders.

Note 3:The minimum rates of wages are all inclusive rates, including basic rates, the cost of living allowance and the cash value of concessional supply, if any, of essential commodities and also include the wages payable for weekly day of rest.