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No. 1112, CUTTACK, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2015/SRAVAN 02, 1937

LABOUR & E.S.I. DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION
The 24th July, 2015
S.R.O. No. 323/2015— Whereas certain proposals to revise the minimum
rates of wages payable to certain categories of employees employed in 88
employments were published as required under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of
Section 5 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948) in the Extraordinary
issue No. 636 of the Odisha Gazette dated the 30th April, 2015 under the
notification of the Government of Odisha in the Labour & Employees State
Insurance Department No.3716–LL-I-(AR)1/15/LESI dated the 30th April, 2015
inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected
thereby within a period of two months from the date of publication of the said
notification in the Odisha Gazette;
And, whereas, the representations containing objections and suggestions
received within the specified period of two months in respect of the said draft
have been duly considered by the State Government and the Advisory Board
appointed under section 7 of the said Act, has also been consulted;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause(b) of
sub-section (1) of Section 3 readwith Section 4 and sub-section (2) of
Section 5 of the said Act and in supersession of all previous notifications issued
in this regard, the State Government do hereby revise the minimum rates of
wages payable to the Unskilled, Semi Skilled, Skilled, Highly Skilled categories
of employees employed in 88 employments as mentioned in the Schedule to
this notification in the whole State to Rs. 200.00, Rs.220.00, Rs.240.00 and
Rs. 260.00 per day respectively with effect from the date of publication of this
notification in the Odisha Gazette.
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SCHEDULE

Sl. Name of the Employment Categories of Revised minimum

No. Employees rates of wages
per day
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1. Agriculture
2. Agarbati and Candle making Worker’s
Establishments.
3. Automobile servicing, repairing garages and
workshops.
4. Ayurvedic and Unani Pharmacy
5. Bakeries and Confectionaries including Biscuit
making.
6. Bamboo Forest Establishment

7. Brass and Bell Metal Industry

8. Carpet Weaving Industry

9. Cashew processing establishments Unskilled Rs. 200.00

10. Cement pipe making and allied products Semi-skilled Rs. 220.00
industry.
11. Ceramic and Pottery Industry Skilled Rs. 240.00

12. Chemical Industry Highly skilled Rs. 260.00

13. Cinema Industry and Film Production

14. Clay Pottery
15. Coir Industry

16. Collection of Sal Seeds

17. Construction or maintenance of Dams,
Embankments, Irrigation Projects and sinking
of wells and tanks.
18. Construction or maintenance of roads or in
building operations.

19. Contingent and Casual Employees in Govt. and

other establishments, Courier and Cargo
Services
20. Cotton Ginning and Pressing Industry

21. Dispensary of Medical Practitioner in any

Establishment of Medical Consultant or in any
Chemical or Pathological Laboratory, Private
Nursing Homes, Private Medical College
Hospitals, Super Specialty Hospitals, Clinic,
Laboratory etc..
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(1) (2) (3) (4)

22. Distilleries

23. Domestic Workers (shall be calculated as per

hours of work).

24. Electricity transmission, generation and

distribution.

25. Employment in Non Government Organisation

and Voluntary Social Organization.

26. Employment in laying of underground Cables,

Electric lines, Water supply lines and under
Cable Operators.

27. Finishing Dying of yarn and fabrics, painting,

knitting and embroidery.

28. Fisheries and Sea food Industry

29. Forest produce such as Genduli gum, Mahua

making of coal and resin.

30. Foundry Industry with or without attached Unskilled Rs. 200.00

machine shop.

31. Glass Industries Semi-skilled Rs. 220.00

32. Gold and Silver Ornaments and articles of Skilled Rs. 240.00
artistic design.

33. Graphite Industry including beneficiation Highly skilled Rs. 260.00

34. Handloom and Hosiery

35. Hotels, Eating Houses and Restaurants

36. Ice Factory and Cold Storage

37. Jute Industry and Jute Twine Industry

38. Kendu Leaf Collection

39. Khadi Village Industries including manufacture

of Khandasari and other products.

40. Laundry including dry-washing

41. Leather Industry

42. Liquefied Petroleum Gas manufacture and

distribution.
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(1) (2) (3) (4)

43. Local Authority
44. Manufacture of brush and brooms
45. Manufacture of Coke and Burning Coals
46. Manufacture of Cold drinks, Soda and other
allied products.

47. Manufacture of Electrical Bulbs and all allied

electrical equipments.
48. Manufacture of matches, fireworks and
explosives.
49. Manufacture of nails and pines
50. Manufacture of paints and varnishes
51. Manufacture of plastic products including toys

52. Manufacture of Radio by assembling with parts

53. Manufacture of ropes

54. Manufacture of Utensils including Aluminum

and Hindaliem products. Unskilled Rs. 200.00
55. Metal Industry (except the cottage and village Semi-skilled Rs. 220.00
scale units). Skilled Rs. 240.00
56. Major or Minor Engineering Industry including Highly skilled Rs. 260.00
Sponge, Secondary Steel, Rolling Mills, Ferro
Alloys, Metal Industries (employment less than
50 persons).

57. Motor body building

58. Non-teaching staff of all private Educational

Institutions including Industrial Training Institute
and Training Institute Coaching Centre.

59. Oil Mill

60. Paper and Cardboard Industry

61. Petrol and Diesel Oil pumps

62. Pharmaceutical Industry

63. Power loom Industry

64. Printing Press, Desktop Publication Centre and

Offset Printing Press
65. Private Road Transport

66. Private Security Agencies and Private Security

Services.
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(1) (2) (3) (4)

67. Public Health Engineering
68. Public Motor Transport

69. Readymade Garments Industries including

Mechanized Trade of Readymade Garment
Industry.
70. Refractory Industry

71. Regulated markets, Marketing Societies,

Co-operative Societies and Banks.
72. Rice Mill, Flour Mill or Dal Mill, Chuda Mill and
Masala Mill.
73. Rubber and Rubber Products Industry

74. Salt Pans

75. Saw Mills
76. Shops, Commercial Establishments, Saloon,
Beauty Parlour, Spa, Massaging Centre, Xerox Unskilled Rs. 200.00
Shop, Subscriber Trunk Dialing Booth, Tent
Semi-skilled Rs. 220.00
House, Newspaper Hawkers and Newspaper
Establishments. Skilled Rs. 240.00
77. Siali leaf pluckers and Sal leaf pluckers Highly skilled Rs. 260.00

78. Soap and Detergent Manufactory

79. Social Forestry

80. Spinning Mills

81. Stone breaking or Stone crushing

82. Tamarind collection

83. Tile and Brick Making

84. Timber Trading (excluding felling and sawing)

85. Timber Trading (including felling and sawing)

86. Tobacco (including Bidi making) Manufactory

87. Trunks, Suitcase and Bucket Manufactory

88. Wood works and Furniture Making Industries

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Explanation:— for the purpose of this notification—

1. The minimum rates of wages are all inclusive rates including the basic rates, the cost
of living allowances and the cash value of the concessional supply if any of
essential commodities.
2. The daily minimum rates of wages shall be inclusive of wages payable for the
weekly day of rest.
3. The minimum rates of wages are applicable to employees employed by contractors
also.
4. The minimum rates of wages for disabled persons shall be same as payable to the
workers of the appropriate category.
5. There shall not be any discrimination between male and female workers in the
matters of payment of minimum wages in any category of employment.
6. (a) “Unskilled” work means work which involves simple operation requiring little or
no skill or experience on the job.
(b) “Semi-skilled” work means work which involves some degree of skill or
competence acquired through experience on the job and which is capable of
being performed under the supervision or guidance of a skilled employee and
includes un-skilled supervisory work.
(c) “Skilled” work means work which involves skill or competence acquired
through experience on the job or through training as an apprentice or in a
technical or vocational institute and the performance of which calls for
initiative and judgment; and
(d) “Highly Skilled” work means work which calls for a high degree of
performance and full competence in the performance of certain tasks,
acquired through intensive technical or professional training or practices, work
experience for long years and also required for workers to assure full
responsibility for the judgment or decisions involved in the execution of these
tasks.
7. An adult employee shall work for 08 (eight) hours per day excluding half an hour
of rest.

[No.6502–LL-I(AR)-1/15/LESI.]
By Order of the Governor

G. SRINIVAS

Principal Secretary to Government

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