Govt to fix minimum wage rate for farm labour at ₹350 a day
The Labour Ministry has decided to fix the minimum wage at ₹350 per day for unskilled agricultural labour in C-class towns in the central sphere. "The ministry will notify minimum wages on November 1 to enhance minimum wages,” Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said. Currently, the national floor level minimum wage is ₹160 per day.