Chhattisgarh minimum wages: ₹11,402 a month unskilled in Zone A to 30 September 2026
The Labour Commissioner's notification 961 of 24.03.2026, Nava Raipur, sets the rates including variable dearness allowance for 1 April to 30 September 2026 across the forty-five general scheduled employments, of which entry 21 is shops, commercial establishments, residential hotels, restaurants and theatres. Three zones and four grades. In Zone A: ₹11,402 unskilled, ₹12,052 semi-skilled, ₹12,832 skilled and ₹13,612 highly skilled a month, or ₹439, ₹464, ₹494 and ₹524 a day. Zone B is ₹260 a month less in every grade and Zone C ₹260 less again — ₹10 a day at each step. The allowance is flat: ₹3,082 a month and ₹118.54 a day for every grade in every zone, on the All India Consumer Price Index of 424.80 on the 2001=100 base. A separate notification 960 of the same date covers agriculture on the 1986-87=100 base.