Minimum wages
State, zone, skill — shops vs industrial.
Not yet verified against an official source
Maharashtra fixes minimum wages for each scheduled employment, such as shops and commercial establishments, as a basic rate plus a special allowance.
How rates are set
- Rate structure
- A basic rate plus a special allowance (VDA), set separately for each scheduled employmentMinimum Wages Act, 1948 notifications, kept in force by Code on Wages s.69(2) until replaced
- Special allowance (VDA) revision
- Twice a year, from 1 January and 1 July, based on the consumer price indexMaharashtra Labour Commissionerate VDA notifications
- Zones
- Three zones: Zone I, Zone II and Zone IIIScheduled employment notifications
- Areas in each zone
- Not yet addedSet in each employment's notification