G.O.Ms.No.6
Telangana minimum wages — basic rates for all establishments under sections 6 to 8 of the Code on Wages, 2019, G.O.Ms.No.6 dated 30.05.2026
- Notification number
- G.O.Ms.No.6
- Issued for
- Telangana
- Date
- 30 May 2026
- Topic
- Minimum wages
What it says
Labour, Employment, Training & Factories (Lab-I) Department order revising the basic minimum rates of wages a month for employees in all establishments defined under the Code on Wages, 2019, from 1 June 2026, in three zones and four skill grades, superseding all earlier notifications under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, and subject to pending cases in the High Court. A cost-of-living allowance of ₹33.86 a point above 443 is to be notified every 1 April and 1 October.
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 · Telangana.
- Allowance.Rule
- The basic rates are linked to 443 points on the consumer price index (2001 = 100). The Commissioner of Labour notifies a cost-of-living allowance every 1 April and 1 October, at ₹33.86 a month for each point above 443.
- Court.Caveat
- The revision is subject to the outcome of pending writ petitions and contempt cases before the High Court for the State of Telangana or any other pending court cases.
- Daily.Basis
- A day's wage is the monthly wage divided by 26, which includes the rest day's wage.
- Equal Pay
- Male, female, transgender and physically challenged employees doing identical or equivalent work are paid uniform and equal minimum rates.
- Higher Wages
- Where existing notified wages are higher, a further 10% is added; employees already paid more continue to be paid it.
- Highly.Month
- 19000
- Highly.Month
- 18000
- Highly.Month · 2
- 19000
- Highly.Month · 1
- 20000
- Highly.Month
- 20000
- Highly.Month · 3
- 18000
- Overtime
- Work on weekly rest days or public holidays, and work beyond 8 hours a day, is paid at twice the normal rate.
- Piece Rate
- Power looms, garments, spinning mills, brick kilns, tobacco including beedi, and handloom weaving are to have their wages fixed separately by committee.
- Semi.Month · 2
- 16000
- Semi.Month
- 17000
- Semi.Month
- 16000
- Semi.Month · 3
- 15000
- Semi.Month · 1
- 17000
- Semi.Month
- 15000
- Skilled.Month · 3
- 16500
- Skilled.Month · 1
- 18500
- Skilled.Month
- 17500
- Skilled.Month · 2
- 17500
- Skilled.Month
- 18500
- Skilled.Month
- 16500
- Trainees
- Trainees are paid 75% of their category's wage, but not less than the unskilled rate.
- Unskilled.Month
- 16000
- Unskilled.Month · 2
- 15000
- Unskilled.Month · 1
- 16000
- Unskilled.Month · 3
- 14000
- Unskilled.Month
- 15000
- Unskilled.Month
- 14000
- Zones.Definition
- Zone I covers municipal corporations, Zone II municipalities, and Zone III rural and other areas.