Port Blair, Dec. 28: The Lt. Governor, Andaman & Nicobar Islands has revised Minimum Wages across 6 Schedules of employment & for DRMs working under Andaman & Nicobar Administration w.e.f. 1st January, 2024.

The A & N Administration had constituted Minimum Wages Advisory Committee on 31/05/2023. The Minimum Wages Advisory Committee submitted its Report on 05.07.2023 with the recommendation of proposed Revision of Minimum wages shall be w.e.f 1st January, 2024. In pursuance of the recommendation, the Andaman and Nicobar Administration published the draft Notification dated 25/08/2023 for revision of Minimum wages inviting suggestions/objections for a period of 60 days. The objections/suggestions received on the said proposal have been considered by the Lt. Governor (Administrator), Andaman & Nicobar Islands after which he approved the revised rates.

The rates shall be uniform across all 3 Districts and all 6 Schedules of employments including DRMs working under the Andaman and Nicobar Administration. The revised rates are:

Unskilled: 628

Semi-Skilled/Unskilled Supervisory: 709

Skilled/Clerical: 832

Highly Skilled: 915

The Notification of Revision of Minimum rates of Wages is available on the Labour Department Website (https://labour.and.nic.in/) and all the stakeholders like Govt. Departments and Private establishments have been requested to download the same for its compliance.

All the establishments, private as well as Govt., have been directed to comply with the revised rates failing which punitive action as per the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and its Rules made thereunder shall be initiated.