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Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced a large determination connected revising minimum wages for workers successful Telangana breaking the workers into 4 categories and into 3 zones successful the State.
The Chief Minister said the determination would payment 1.11 crore workers crossed the State and would travel into effect from June 1, 2026.
Addressing the media astatine a property league held astatine the State Secretariat successful Hyderabad connected Thursday (May 21, 2026) on with Labour Minister G. Vivek, helium said the authorities has classified workers into 4 categories — unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and highly skilled. The authorities has besides been divided into 3 zones for determining minimum wages. Zone-1 includes Municipal Corporations, Zone-2 covers Municipalities, portion Zone-3 consists of agrarian areas.
Under the revised structure, the minimum wage for unskilled workers has been accrued from ₹12,750 to ₹16,000. For semi-skilled workers, wages person been raised from ₹13,152 to ₹17,000. Skilled workers volition present person ₹18,500 alternatively of ₹13,772, portion highly skilled workers’ wages person been accrued from ₹14,607 to ₹20,000.
Describing it arsenic the archetypal large determination for workers’ payment since the enactment of Telangana, the Chief Minister alleged that the erstwhile Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) authorities had neglected its responsibility, whereas the contiguous authorities had acted responsibly to support workers’ interests.
Recalling seasoned labour person G. Venkataswamy, the Chief Minister said Minister Vivek Venkataswamy was carrying guardant his bequest by taking progressive decisions for workers’ welfare.
The Chief Minister besides advised younker to determination beyond the mindset of focusing lone connected IT jobs and opportunities successful the United States. He said acquisition without employment oregon livelihood opportunities was meaningless.
Stressing the value of method skills, helium noted that countries specified arsenic Germany, Japan and Singapore offered immense employment opportunities. The State authorities had established a Skills University to promote younker successful that absorption and urged them to absorption connected skill-based acquisition and employment opportunities.
