3910

What it says

Raises the variable dearness allowance by Rs. 10 a day for unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and highly skilled employees in all 91 scheduled employments with effect from 1 April 2026, taking the daily minimum wage including VDA to Rs. 472, Rs. 522, Rs. 572 and Rs. 622. No zones. The rise is 3.92 index points at Rs. 2.60 a point.

What was taken from it

The figures and statements this desk reads off this document, as extracted. Each one is shown on the topic page it belongs to: Minimum wages · Odisha.

Authority

Shri Indramani Tripathy, IAS, Labour Commissioner, Odisha

Basis.Index

A special variable dearness allowance declared twice a year, on 1 April and 1 October, at Rs. 2.60 per point increase in the Consumer Price Index Number for industrial workers (base 2016=100)

Basis.Law

Notification No. 5308 dated 18.07.2024 of the Labour & ESI Department, published in the Odisha Gazette vide Notification No. 1367 dated 18.07.2024

Date

1 May 2026, effective 1 April 2026

Domestic

Domestic workers are item 23 of the Schedule and the wage is to be calculated as per hours of work

Highly.Day

622

Period

1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026

Previous

Rs. 462, Rs. 512, Rs. 562 and Rs. 612 per day before 1 April 2026

Scope

All 91 scheduled employments, of which item 76 is Shops, Commercial Establishments, saloon, beauty parlour, Spa, massaging centre, Xerox shop, STD booth, tent house, newspaper hawkers and newspaper establishments

Semi.Day

522

Skilled.Day

572

Text.Variance

The Odia text (No. 3910) records the index rising from 143.48 to 147.40 where the English text (No. 3920) records 143.58 to 147.50; both state the rise as 3.92 points and print the same four rates

Unskilled.Day

472

VDA.Increase

Rs. 10 per day for every category

Zones

None. One set of rates covers the whole State

Where this is cited

• Minimum wages · Odisha