Minimum Wages in Bihar w.e.f July 1, 2008 - Paycheck.in

Bihar : Minimum Wages w.e.f 1^stJuly, 2008

Sr. No.	Scheduled Employment	Total Minimum Wages (In Rupees Per Day)
		Category of worker
		Un-Skilled	Semi-Skilled	Skilled	Highly Skilled	Supervisory/Clerical
1	Asbestos Cement Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
2	Agarbatti Industry (w.e.f 01-10-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
3	Aluminum Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
4	Automobile Engineering Shop (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
5	Bakeries & Confectionaries (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
6	Biscuit Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
7	Bidi Making Manufacture (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
8	Book Binding Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
9	Brick Manufactory (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
10	Cement Hume Pipe, Electric Pole and Railway Sleeper (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
11	Cement Pre-stressed Product Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
12	Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
13	Cinema Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
14	Cola Briquette Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
15	Cold Storage (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
16	Construction or Manufactory of roads or in building construction (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
17	Co-operative Sector (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
18	Courier Service (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
19	Dafti Card-Board Mill-Board Corrugated Board Straw board or Gatta Paper Board Manufactory (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
20	Dairies & Poultry Farms (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
21	Dam Construction & Irrigation Works (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
22	Distilleries (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
23	Electronics Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
24	Electric and other types of Bulb and Florence Tube Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
25	Electro Casting & Metal Furnishing (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
26	Engineering Industries (employment more than 50 workers) (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
27	Employment of Safaies Karamcharies (excluding activities prohibited under the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry latrines (Prohibited) Act, 1993). (w.e.f 01-10-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
28	Filtered Rice (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
29	Fisheries (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
30	Forestry and Timbering Operation (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
31	Foundry Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
32	Glass Industry (excluding glass sheet) (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
33	Glass Sheet Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
34	Manufacture of Gold & Silver ornaments & articles of artistic design. (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
35	Gun Factories (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
36	Hair Cutting Saloon (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
37	Handloom industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
38	Hard Coke industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
39	Hotels, Eating House and Restaurants (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
40	Hosieries Manufacture (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
41	Ice Cream and Cold Drinks (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
42	Information Technology (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
43	Jute Industry and Similar work (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
44	Khadi and Village Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
45	Khandsari Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
46	Lac Manufactory (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
47	Laundry & Washing (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
48	Manufacture of Leather goods (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
49	Loading & Unloading Operations (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
50	Mica Works (Factory & Establishment excluding Mine) (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
51	Minerals Grinding Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
52	Minor Engineering Industry (Excluding Automobile Engineering shops less than 50 workers) (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
53	Oil Mills (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
54	Papad Industry (w.e.f 01-10-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
55	Paper Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
56	Petrol and Diesel Pumps (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
57	Plastic Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
58	Plucking & Processing of kendu Leaves (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
59	Ply Wood Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
60	Potteries Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
61	Power loom Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
62	Printing Press (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
63	Private Ferries and L.T.C. (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
64	Private Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Clinics (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
65	Private securities Agency (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
66	Public Motor Transport (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
67	Refectories, Fire bricks & Ceramics industries (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
68	Religious and Social Institutions (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
69	Rice Mill, Flour Mill and Dal Mill (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
70	Rolling of Iron Rods, Plates, etc. works (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
71	Rubber & Rubber compound Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
72	Sales Promotion of Medicine (w.e.f 30-06-2008)	85.00	88.00	108.00	132.00	94.38
73	Sailers Employment (w.e.f 01-10-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
74	Shop selling Cooked Food stuff (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
75	Any Shops or Establishments (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
76	Silk Industry including manufacture of silk, artificial silk other staple yarn (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
77	Manufacture of Sindoor and Rang (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
78	Soap making industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
79	Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing Operations (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
80	Tailoring Industry (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
81	Tea Plantation (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
82	Tanneries and Leather Technology (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
83	Any University, Education Research or Cultural Institutions (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
84	Wood works and furniture (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19
85	Any woolen carpet making or shawl weaving establishment (w.e.f 01-07-2008)	89.00	92.00	113.00	138.00	98.19

Sr. No.	Scheduled Employment	Name of the operations and categories of employees	Total Minimum Wages (In Rupees Per Day)

1	Agricultural	All other agriculture	85.00
		Harvesting	One bundle in 10 bundle of harvested crops
		Tractor Driver and pump operator	117.92
		Tractor khalasi/Pump Khalasi/Chowkidar Sipahi	91.77
2	Domestic workers :- Washing the utensils, clothes, housekeeping (A house of 1000 Sq. ft.) for one hour	Unskilled	9.38
	Domestic workers :- Washing the utensils, clothes, housekeeping and looking after the children/and taking to school and back other miscellaneous domestic works for eight hours		75.00
3	Earth Cutting operations (w.e.f 01-07-2008)*	For every 90 cubic ft. of soft earth	89.00
		For every 75 cubic ft. of hard earth	89.00
		For every 80 cubic ft. of hard earth	89.00

(*= Decision of 15% less earth cutting for women workers, but will get equal wages)

Last Updated by Paycheck India on March 24, 2009

Source:Labour Department, Government of Bihar (Press Release).

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