Delhi Govt revises minimum wages for workers

New Delhi, Dec 7 (KNN) Delhi government has revised the minimum wages rate, which will be applicable to unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled categories in all scheduled employments from October 1 2020, according to an official statement.

For unskilled workers, the wages have been fixed at monthly Rs 15,492 (daily Rs 596), for semi-skilled workers it is monthly Rs 17,069 (daily Rs 657) and for skilled workers it is fixed at monthly Rs 18,797 (daily Rs 723), the statement said.

Non-matriculation worker will get monthly Rs 17,069 (Rs 657 daily), matriculates but non-graduates will get monthly Rs 18,797 (daily Rs 723), and graduates & above will get monthly Rs 20,430 (daily Rs 786)," it added.

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.

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.

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.

A highly skilled worker is one who is capable of working efficiently and supervises efficiently the work of skilled employees.