Minimum Wage – Agriculture - Casual Labour

  • Valid on October 2025
  • The amounts are in Indian Rupee.

Job Type

Basic per day Cost of living allowance per day VDA per day Total per day
Zone III - Digging, Stacking, Pruning
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹159.00 ₹0.25 ₹122.50 ₹281.50
Zone I - Supervisor, Head mali
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹202.00 ₹0.30 ₹147.00 ₹349.00
Zone I - Sowing, Transplanting, Harvesting, Weeding, Grass cutting, other unskilled manual labour
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹191.00 ₹0.30 ₹147.00 ₹338.00
Zone II - Sowing, Transplanting, Harvesting, Weeding, Grass cutting, other unskilled manual labour
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹186.00 ₹0.30 ₹147.00 ₹333.00
Zone I - Ploughing
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹202.00 ₹0.30 ₹147.00 ₹349.00
Zone I - Mali, Watchman, Chowkidhar
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹191.00 ₹0.30 ₹147.00 ₹338.00
Zone I - Sprayer of Pesticides, Tobacco Curing Operation
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹266.00 ₹0.40 ₹196.00 ₹462.00
Zone II - Supervisor, Head mali
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹175.00 ₹0.25 ₹122.50 ₹297.50
Zone II - Ploughing
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹175.00 ₹0.25 ₹122.50 ₹297.50
Zone III - Ploughing
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹159.00 ₹0.25 ₹122.50 ₹281.50
Zone I - Threshing
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹202.00 ₹0.30 ₹147.00 ₹349.00
Zone II - Threshing
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹175.00 ₹0.25 ₹122.50 ₹297.50
Zone III - Threshing
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹159.00 ₹0.25 ₹122.50 ₹281.50
Zone III - Sowing, Transplanting, Harvesting, Weeding, Grass cutting, other unskilled manual labour
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹159.00 ₹0.25 ₹122.50 ₹281.50
Zone I - Digging, Stacking, Pruning
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹191.00 ₹0.30 ₹147.00 ₹338.00
Zone II - Digging, Stacking, Pruning
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹186.00 ₹0.30 ₹147.00 ₹333.00
Zone III - Supervisor, Head mali
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹159.00 ₹0.25 ₹122.50 ₹281.50
Zone III - Mali, Watchman, Chowkidhar
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹159.00 ₹0.25 ₹122.50 ₹281.50
Zone II - Sprayer of Pesticides, Tobacco Curing Operation
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹234.00 ₹0.35 ₹171.50 ₹405.50
Zone III - Sprayer of Pesticides, Tobacco Curing Operation
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹213.00 ₹0.30 ₹147.00 ₹360.00
Zone I - Tobacco Plucker, Cotton Plucking Operation, cross polination operation, Sugarcane Plantation Dressing, Other Plantation Operations in fields not classified elsewhere
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹266.00 ₹0.40 ₹196.00 ₹462.00
Zone II - Tobacco Plucker, Cotton Plucking Operation, cross polination operation, Sugarcane Plantation Dressing, Other Plantation Operations in fields not classified elsewhere
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹234.00 ₹0.35 ₹171.50 ₹405.50
Zone III - Tobacco Plucker, Cotton Plucking Operation, cross polination operation, Sugarcane Plantation Dressing, Other Plantation Operations in fields not classified elsewhere
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹213.00 ₹0.30 ₹147.00 ₹360.00
Zone I - Loading and Unloading Operations
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹202.00 ₹0.30 ₹147.00 ₹349.00
Zone II - Loading and Unloading Operations
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹175.00 ₹0.25 ₹122.50 ₹297.50
Zone III - Loading and Unloading Operations
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹159.00 ₹0.25 ₹122.50 ₹281.50
Zone II - Mali, Watchman, Chowkidhar
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2020 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2020
₹186.00 ₹0.30 ₹147.00 ₹333.00

Definitions

Definition of Unskilled, Semi-skilled, Skilled & Highly Skilled Workers.
(i) Unskilled:
An unskilled employee is one who does operations that involve the performance of simple duties, which require the experience of little of no independent judgment or previous experience although familiarity with the occupational environment is necessary. His work may thus require in addition to physical exertion familiarity with variety of articles or goods.
(ii) Semi-skilled:
A semiskilled worker is one who does work generally of defined routine nature wherein the major requirement is not so much of the judgment, skill and but for proper discharge of duties assigned to him or relatively narrow job and where important decisions made by others. His work is thus limited to the performance of routine operations of limited scope.
(iii) Skilled:
A skilled employee is one who is capable of working efficiently of exercising considerable independent judgement and of discharging his duties with responsibility. He must posses a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the trade, craft or industry in which he is employed.
(iv) Highly Skilled:
A highly skilled worker is one who is capable of working efficiently and supervises efficiently the work of skilled employees.

Wages per month are calculated as 4.33 times if a weekly wage is defined. It is calculated as 4.33 times the standard hours per week if an hourly wage is given.

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