Odisha minimum wages: ₹472 a day unskilled, one rate for the whole State and all ninety-one employments
Notification No. 3920 of 1 May 2026 of the Office of the Labour Commissioner, Odisha, effective 1 April 2026, puts the daily minimum wage including variable dearness allowance at ₹472 unskilled, ₹522 semi-skilled, ₹572 skilled and ₹622 highly skilled. There are no zones and no variation by employment: the same four rates run across all ninety-one scheduled employments, of which shops and commercial establishments — together with saloons, beauty parlours, spas, Xerox shops, STD booths, tent houses and newspaper establishments — are item 76. Odisha declares the allowance twice a year, on 1 April and 1 October, at ₹2.60 for every point the All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) rises; this time it rose 3.92 points, which is ₹10.19 and was notified as ₹10 a day for every grade alike. The order before it, No. 8584 of 21 November 2025, recorded a rise of 0.03 points and notified no increase at all.