Spl task force teams to be formed to ensure revised minimum wages to workers: Delhi Labour Minister

New Delhi, May 2 (KNN) In order to ensure strict enforcement of the increased minimum wages, Delhi Government will deploy special teams in each district of the city.

Delhi Labour Minister Gopal Rai on Monday made the announcement at a programme organised on the occasion of Labour Day.

Addressing workers, Rai said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government was committed to the development of the labourers and would strictly enforce the revised minimum wages.

Rai said for strict enforcement of revised minimum wages, special task force teams will be formed in each district for surveillance and redressal of complaints regarding violation of minimum wages.

The increased minimum wages in the city was approved in March this year after which the minimum wages in Delhi will go up from Rs 9,724 to Rs 13,350 a month for unskilled labourers, from Rs 10,764 to Rs 14,698 for semi-skilled labourers and from Rs 11,830 to Rs 16,182 for skilled labourers.

The Labour Minister said all the District Magistrates have been asked to receive all complaints regarding non-payment of new minimum wages on the priority basis and address them in a time-bound manner.

He also asked the officials to direct labour inspectors to guarantee the payment of hiked minimum wages to the workers in their respective areas.