Declare uniform minimum wage under one nation policy, Centre urged

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The Banks Temporary Substaff Contract Workers Joint Action Committee has urged the Union authorities to state minimum wage nether 1 federation argumentation connected the lines of the bid announced by the State authorities for minimum wages for each sectors.

In letters sent to Union Minister for Labour Mansuk Mandaviya and Union Minister of State for Labour Shobha Karandlaje, president of the committee M. Rama Rao has referred to the assorted notifications issued by the Ministry of Labour and Employment announcing antithetic minimum wages and antithetic Variable Dearness Allowance for antithetic sectors and has urged the Union authorities to marque it azygous for each the sectors.

Mr. Rama Rao has said that though the Union authorities believes successful applying 1 federation 1 argumentation for each issues, it has, however, declared antithetic minimum wages for antithetic sectors and besides antithetic Variable Dearness Allowance for antithetic sectors erstwhile successful six months.

Referring to the State government’s notification connected May 2 declaring minimum wages for each sectors with communal Variable Dearness Allowance erstwhile successful a year, helium has said that determination is simply a glaring quality successful the minimum wage operation of the State authorities and the Union authorities causing nonaccomplishment to minimum wage workers of Central authorities successful Karnataka.

“The complaint of minimum wage for the lowest class of sweeper/cleaning is ₹556 successful Central government, portion it is ₹817.36 adjacent successful the remotest spot successful Karnataka successful immoderate industry/sector. The minimum wage declared by the State authorities is overmuch higher by 50% of the minimum wage declared by the Central government,” helium has pointed out.

He has urged the Ministers to instrumentality up the contented with the Union authorities to rectify the quality by declaring 1 minimum wage for each sectors of workers.

Published - June 09, 2026 07:50 p.m. IST

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