G.O. Ms. Nos. 09 to 27 of AIL/Lab./G/2023-2024

What it says

Nineteen notifications revising the minimum rates of wages for nineteen scheduled employments in the Union territory of Puducherry, made by the Lieutenant-Governor under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 3 read with sub-section (2) of section 5 and sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, each superseding a named earlier notification and each coming into force on publication. The employments are Shops and Establishments; Security Guards; Electronic Industry; Food Processing Industry; General Engineering and Fabrication; Chemical Industries; Plastic Industries; Leath

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 · Puducherry.

Basis

Every figure is a BASIC rate. A Dearness Allowance is payable in addition and is nowhere printed as an amount, so no total is stated

Bricks.Brace

In Bricks and Tiles GROUP-IV the brace marks the unit (per month) across nine rows that each keep their own figure; it does not mark a shared rate

Commencement

On and from the date of publication in the Official Gazette of Puducherry, that is 20 September 2024

Conflict.Bricks

The Bricks and Tiles notification supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 35/Lab./AIL/G/2016 dated 27-09-2013 and published 08-10-2013; the department's own file for that instrument is named for 2013

Conflict.Carpentry

The Carpentry notification supersedes an order of 29-06-2017 said to be published in Official Gazette No. 29 of 18-07-2015, two years before the order. The Tailoring notification cites the same Gazette No. 29 at 18-07-2017

Conflict.Conversions

Seven notifications print both that the daily rate is the monthly divided by 26 and that the monthly rate is the daily multiplied by 30, which do not invert each other. Taxies prints multiply by 26 instead

Conflict.Oilmills

The Oil Mills piece-rate provisos are word-for-word identical but print Rs.79.640 for the Rotary Man (in words, seventy-nine and six forty) against Rs.79.40 for the Pint Man (in words, seventy-nine and paise forty), per bag of 80 kg of groundnut seeds. Both as printed; neither resolved

Conflict.Tailoring

The Tailoring notification expresses its Dearness Allowance per point PER DAY at Rs.31.05 while its schedule is per month; every other per-month schedule in the batch says per month. Published as printed and not resolved

Conflict.Taxies

Taxies and Autorickshaws prints a daily and a monthly figure for each class and they do not reconcile under the notification's own multiply-by-26 rule: Rs.678 a day against Rs.17,626 a month, and Rs.727 against Rs.18,871. Both are published as printed and neither is computed from the other

Da.Configurations

20 distinct per-point configurations across the 19 notifications; the Paper notification alone fixes two

Da.Index

The Average of the Puducherry City Consumer Price Index Points, base year 2001=100, calculated on 1 April each year on the average of the preceding twelve months

Employment.1

Employment in Shops and Establishments — G.O. Ms. No. 09/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. per month (8 hours per day). Dearness Allowance Rs.32.4 per point per month over 426 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 09/AIL/Lab./G/2016 dated 22-08-2016, published in Gazette of Puducherry No. 36 dated 06-09-2016

Employment.10

Employment in Oil Mills — G.O. Ms. No. 18/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. mixed — staff per month, workers per day, tinkering per tin, and two piece rates per bag. Dearness Allowance Rs.35.8 per point per month over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 05/AIL/Lab./G/2016 dated 10-08-2016, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry No. 35 dated 30-08-2016

Employment.11

Employment in Automobile Workshops — G.O. Ms. No. 19/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. per month (8 hours work per day). Dearness Allowance Rs.45.4 per point per month over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 12/Lab./AIL/G/2015 dated 09-10-2015, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry No. 43 dated 27-10-2015

Employment.12

Employment in Tailoring Industries — G.O. Ms. No. 20/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. per month (8 hours work per day). Dearness Allowance Rs.31.05 per point per day over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 11/Lab./AIL/G/2017 dated 29-06-2017, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry No. 29 dated 18-07-2017

Employment.13

Employment in Distribution of Liquified Petroleum Gas Cylinders — G.O. Ms. No. 21/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. per month (8 hours work per day). Dearness Allowance Rs.31.9 per point per month over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 1/Lab./AIL/G/2015 dated 19-01-2015, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry No. 5 dated 03-02-2015

Employment.14

Employment in Bakeries and Biscuit Manufactory — G.O. Ms. No. 22/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. mixed — general categories per month, the four skill grades per day. Dearness Allowance Rs.1.1 per point per day over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 15/Lab./AIL/G/2015 dated 14-10-2015, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry No. 44 dated 03-11-2015

Employment.15

Employment in Rice Mills, Flour Mills or Dhall Mills — G.O. Ms. No. 23/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. per day (8 hours work per day), except Sl. Nos. 32 and 33 which are marked per month on the face of the table. Dearness Allowance Rs.1.6 per point per day over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 08/Lab./AIL/G/2016 dated 10-08-2016, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry No. 35 dated 30-08-2016

Employment.16

Employment in Taxies and Autorickshaws — G.O. Ms. No. 24/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. both — each row prints a daily rate and a monthly rate, joined by “(or)”. Dearness Allowance Rs.57.6 per point per day over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 17/Lab./AIL/G/2017 dated 12-10-2017, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry No. 43 dated 24-10-2017

Employment.17

Employment in Carpentry and Blacksmith Industries — G.O. Ms. No. 25/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. mixed — the trades are per day, the office staff per month. Dearness Allowance Rs.58.65 per point per month over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 10/Lab./AIL/G/2017 dated 29-06-2017, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry No. 29 dated 18-07-2015

Employment.18

Employment in Bricks and Tiles Manufactory — G.O. Ms. No. 26/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. mixed — skilled workers and staff per month, other grades per day, and brick and tile work by the thousand, by the ton and by the day. Dearness Allowance Rs.1.3 per point per day over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 35/Lab./AIL/G/2016 dated 27-09-2013, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry No. 41 dated 08-10-2013

Employment.19

Employment in Paper and Paper Products Manufacturing Industries (Both Machine made and Handmade) — G.O. Ms. No. 27/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. per month (8 hours work per day); the column is headed “Minimum rates of basic wages per month”. Dearness Allowance Rs.36.25 for Machine made Paper Industry; Rs.34.7 for Handmade Paper Industry over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 14/AIL/Lab./G/2015 dated 09-10-2015, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry No. 43 dated 27-10-2015

Employment.2

Employment in Security Guards — G.O. Ms. No. 10/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. per month (8 hours work per day). Dearness Allowance Rs.45.2 per point per month over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 03/Lab./AIL/G/2015 dated 24-02-2015, published in the Gazette of Puducherry No. 10 dated 10-03-2015

Employment.3

Employment in Electronic Industry — G.O. Ms. No. 11/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. per month (8 hours per day). Dearness Allowance Rs.43.5 per point per month over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 07/AIL/Lab./G/2016 dated 10-08-2016, published in the Official Gazette, Puducherry, No. 35 dated 30-08-2016

Employment.4

Employment in Food Processing Industry — G.O. Ms. No. 12/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. mixed — the common categories are per month, every special category is per day. Dearness Allowance Rs.36 per point per month over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 08/AIL/Lab./G/2017 dated 17-05-2017, published in the Gazette of Puducherry No. 22 dated 30-05-2017

Employment.5

Employment in General Engineering and Fabrication — G.O. Ms. No. 13/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. mixed — administration and supervisory are per month, the three skill grades are per day. Dearness Allowance Rs.42.35 per point per month over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 19/Lab./AIL/G/2015 dated 14-10-2015, published in the Gazette of Puducherry No. 44 dated 03-11-2015

Employment.6

Employment in Chemical Industries — G.O. Ms. No. 14/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. per month (8 hours work per day). Dearness Allowance Rs.50 per point per month over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 17/AIL/Lab./G/2015 dated 14-10-2015, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry No. 44 dated 03-11-2015

Employment.7

Employment in Plastic Industries — G.O. Ms. No. 15/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. per month (8 hours work per day). Dearness Allowance Rs.45 per point per month over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 22/Lab./AIL/G/2015 dated 4-10-2015, published in the Gazette of Puducherry No. 44 dated 3-11-2015

Employment.8

Employment in Leather Goods Manufactory — G.O. Ms. No. 16/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. per month (8 hours per day). Dearness Allowance Rs.35.9 per point per month over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 05/AIL/Lab./G/2017 dated 04-04-2017, published in the Gazette of Puducherry No. 16 dated 18-04-2017

Employment.9

Employment in Hotels and Restaurants — G.O. Ms. No. 17/AIL/Lab./G/2024, dated 02 September 2024. per month. Dearness Allowance Rs.46.26 per point per month over 366 points. Supersedes G.O. Ms. No. 13/AIL/Lab./G/2015 dated 09-10-2015, published in the Gazette of Puducherry No. 43 dated 27-10-2015

Gazette

The Gazette of Puducherry, Part I Extraordinary, No. 125 of 20 September 2024 (29 Bhadra 1946), pages 693 to 746

Go.Range

G.O. Ms. Nos. 09 to 27 of AIL/Lab./G/2024, all dated 2 September 2024, serials contiguous with no gap

Legal.Basis

Puducherry legislates for itself: its own Shops and Establishments Act 1964 and its own Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays) Act 1964. No figure is read across from Tamil Nadu, though the Footwear notification records that Tamil Nadu's prevailing rates were considered when Puducherry fixed its own

Notifications

19

Plastic.Reduction

The Plastic Industries notification records the Advisory Board unanimously resolving to revise DOWNWARD the unskilled rate for Helper, Finisher and Packer from Rs.13,781 in the preliminary notification to Rs.11,915

Reading

All 54 pages read as images at 300 dpi. The schedules join runs of rows to one figure with a curly brace; the PDF text layer places that figure at the brace's centre rather than its span, so a text-layer read of the Shops schedule wrongly yields rows 3 to 8 at Rs.11,695

Rows.Published

673

Schedules

90

Scope.Duplicate

The department lists Taxies and Auto Drivers and Taxies and Autorickshaws separately; both are G.O. Ms. No. 17/Lab/AIL/G/2017 of 12 October 2017

Scope.Listed

32 rows on the Labour Department's own list of final notifications, carrying 31 distinct instruments

Scope.Stale

The department's list still serves the superseded copy for every one of the 19 revised in 2024

Scope.Unrevised

12 scheduled employments were not revised in 2024 and still stand on instruments dated between 2011 and 2018

Shops.Group1

Sl. Nos. 1 to 5 (Manager, Sales Manager, Field Officer, Development Officer, Office in-charge) at Rs.11,695 a month

Shops.Group2

Sl. Nos. 6 to 13 at Rs.11,283 a month

Shops.Groups

Five groups across 50 general categories: 1-5 Rs.11,695; 6-13 Rs.11,283; 14-23 Rs.11,242; 24-36 Rs.11,192; 37-50 Rs.11,131

Where this is cited

• Minimum wages · Puducherry