Odisha govt proposes to raise minimum wage for daily laborers by 40 percent

Similarly, Skilled labourers will get a hike by 54 per cent from Rs 240 to Rs 370 per day.

The Odisha government has proposed to raise the minimum wage for daily laborers by at least by 40 percent, official sources said today.

A notification issued by the Labour and Employees State Insurance department proposed to increase the minimum daily wage by 40 percent from Rs 200 to Rs 280 for unskilled laborers while the semi-skilled laborers will get a hike by 45 percent from Rs 220 daily to Rs Rs 320.

Similarly, Skilled laborers will get a hike by 54 percent from Rs 240 to Rs 370 per day.

The high skilled laborers to get 65 percent raise in their daily wages.

They will get Rs 430 per day instead of Rs 260 daily, the notification said. The department has sought public views and objections on the proposals made by the state government.

The notification said that the new wage will benefit about 2 crore daily laborers and help improve the economic standard of the working class. The hike in the minimum wage will also help the check the migration of laborers from the state.

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