The Punjab Government has linked minimum wages with the consumer price index issued by the Labour Bureau.
Due to increase in Consumer Price Index Numbers, the minimum wages with effect from May 1, 2015, for an unskilled worker is Rs 6,935.62 per month and Rs 267.13 per day, an official spokesman said here on Sunday.
The minimum wages for an agricultural worker is Rs 277.13 per day without meals and Rs 251.93 per day with meals.
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The spokesman also said that the Labour Department under ‘Punjab State Skill Development Mission’ has decided to impart Skill Development training to the total 14,790 construction workers engaged at 182 construction sites. Punjab Government has deposited Rs 110 crore in the Pension Fund created with the LIC under the Pension Scheme for construction workers, he said. -- PTI