Minimum Wage – Agriculture

  • Valid on may 2024
  • The amounts are in Indian Rupee.

Category of workers

Basic per day VDA per day Total per day Basic wage Total wage
Zone I - Adult Farm Servants for attached workers - Per Annum
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
- ₹61,914.00 - ₹56,126.00 ₹118,040.00
Zone I - Casual Labours 1 - Ploughing
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹202.00 ₹205.00 ₹407.00 - -
Zone I - Casual Labours 2 - Threshing
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹202.00 ₹205.00 ₹407.00 - -
Zone I - Casual Labours 3 - Sowing/ Transplanting/ Harvesting/ Weeding/Grass Cutting /Any other Unskilled Manual Labour.
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹191.00 ₹205.00 ₹396.00 - -
Zone I - Casual Labours 4 - Digging/ Stacking/ Pruning
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹191.00 ₹205.00 ₹396.00 - -
Zone I - Casual Labours 5 - Supervisor/ Head Mali
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹202.00 ₹205.00 ₹407.00 - -
Zone I - Casual Labours 6 - Mali/ Watchman/ Chowkidar
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹191.00 ₹205.00 ₹396.00 - -
Zone I - Casual Labours 7 - Tractor Driver - Per month
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
- ₹7,889.00 - ₹7,175.00 ₹15,064.00
Zone I - Casual Labours 8 - Sprayer of Pesticides/Tobacco Curing Operation
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹266.00 ₹273.00 ₹539.00 - -
Zone I - Casual Labours 9 - Tobacco Plucker/ Cotton Plucking Operation/ Cross Polination peration/Sugarcane Plantation Dressing/ Other Plantation Operations in filelds not classified elsewhere
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹266.00 ₹273.00 ₹539.00 - -
Zone I - Casual Labours 10 - Loading and Unloading Operations
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹202.00 ₹205.00 ₹407.00 - -
Zone II - Adult Farm Servants for attached workers - Per Annum
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
- ₹61,914.00 - ₹56,126.00 ₹118,040.00
Zone II - Casual Labours 1 - Ploughing
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹175.00 ₹171.00 ₹346.00 - -
Zone II - Casual Labours 2 - Threshing
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹175.00 ₹171.00 ₹346.00 - -
Zone II - Casual Labours 3 - Sowing/ Transplanting/ Harvesting/ Weeding/Grass Cutting /Any other Unskilled Manual Labour.
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹186.00 ₹205.00 ₹391.00 - -
Zone II - Casual Labours 4 - Digging/ Stacking/ Pruning
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹186.00 ₹205.00 ₹391.00 - -
Zone II - Casual Labours 5 - Supervisor/ Head Mali
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹175.00 ₹171.00 ₹346.00 - -
Zone II - Casual Labours 6 - Mali/ Watchman/ Chowkidar
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹186.00 ₹205.00 ₹391.00 - -
Zone II - Casual Labours 7 - Tractor Driver - Per month
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
- ₹6,932.00 - ₹6,314.00 ₹13,246.00
Zone II - Casual Labours 8 - Sprayer of Pesticides/Tobacco Curing Operation
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹234.00 ₹239.00 ₹473.00 - -
Zone II - Casual Labours 9 - Tobacco Plucker/ Cotton Plucking Operation/ Cross Polination peration/Sugarcane Plantation Dressing/ Other Plantation Operations in filelds not classified elsewhere
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹234.00 ₹239.00 ₹473.00 - -
Zone II - Casual Labours 10 - Loading and Unloading Operations
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹175.00 ₹171.00 ₹346.00 - -
Zone III - Adult Farm Servants for attached workers - Per Annum
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
- ₹61,914.00 ₹61,914.00 ₹56,126.00 ₹118,040.00
Zone III - Casual Labours 1 - Ploughing
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹159.00 ₹171.00 ₹330.00 - -
Zone III - Casual Labours 2 - Threshing
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹159.00 ₹171.00 ₹330.00 - -
Zone III - Casual Labours 3 - Sowing/ Transplanting/ Harvesting/ Weeding/Grass Cutting /Any other Unskilled Manual Labour.
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹159.00 ₹171.00 ₹330.00 - -
Zone III - Casual Labours 4 - Digging/ Stacking/ Pruning
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹159.00 ₹171.00 ₹330.00 - -
Zone III - Casual Labours 5 - Supervisor/ Head Mali
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹159.00 ₹171.00 ₹330.00 - -
Zone III - Casual Labours 6 - Mali/ Watchman/ Chowkidar
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹159.00 ₹171.00 ₹330.00 - -
Zone III - Casual Labours 7 - Tractor Driver - Per month
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
- ₹6,318.00 ₹6,318.00 ₹5,740.00 ₹12,058.00
Zone III - Casual Labours 8 - Sprayer of Pesticides/Tobacco Curing Operation
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹213.00 ₹205.00 ₹418.00 - -
Zone III - Casual Labours 9 - Tobacco Plucker/ Cotton Plucking Operation/ Cross Polination peration/Sugarcane Plantation Dressing/ Other Plantation Operations in filelds not classified elsewhere
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹213.00 ₹205.00 ₹418.00 - -
Zone III - Casual Labours 10 - Loading and Unloading Operations
Minimum wage with effect from April 1, 2023 Minimum wage with effect till September 30, 2023 Minimum Wages - last checked - 1/15/24
₹159.00 ₹171.00 ₹330.00 - -

Definitions

Zone I comprises of (a) All Municipal Corporations in the State; (b) Selection Grade and Special Grade Municipalities.
Zone II comprises of the rest of the areas in the State.

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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