Workers employed
in various mines are to receive higher Variable Dearness Allowance
(VDA) with effect from October 1, 2002. According to the Chief
Labour Commissioner (Central) the new rates of VDA have been calculated
on six monthly average of Consumer Price Index for Industrial
Workers reaching 469 points (base 1982) on June 30th
2002. The revised rates of VDA would be applicable for employees
in Red Oxide mines, Quartzite & Silica mines, Granite mines,
Steatite mines (including mines producing Soap Stone and Talc),
Ochire mines, Asbestos & Fire Clay mines, Copper mines, Uramium
mines, Iron Ore mines, Hematite mines, Gypsum & Barytes mines,
Rock Phosphate mines, Chromite mines, Magnetite mines, Graphite
mines, Dolomite mines, China Clay, White Clay mines, Wolfram mines,
Manganese mines, Felspar mines, Bauxite mines, Marble and Calcite
mines, Lignite mines, Gravel mines and Slate mines as follows
:
|
Category
of worker
|
Rates of
V.D.A. per day
(in Rupees)
|
| |
For work above
ground
|
|
For work below
ground
|
|
Unskilled
|
2.52
|
|
2.94
|
|
Semi-skilled/Unskilled
Supervisory
|
2.94
|
|
3.57
|
|
Skilled/Clerical
|
3.57
|
|
4.41
|
|
Highly Skilled
|
4.41
|
|
5.25
|
Therefore, the minimum
rates of wages including the basic rates and Variable Dearness
Allowance payable w.e.f 1-10-2002 to the employee working in the
above said employments would as under :
|
Category
of worker
|
Rates of
wages including V.D.A. per day
(in Rupees)
|
| |
For work above
ground
|
|
For work below ground
|
|
Unskilled
|
52.00 + 2.52
54.52
|
|
63.00 + 2.94
65.94
|
|
Semi-skilled/Unskilled
Supervisory
|
63.00 + 2.94
65.94
|
|
76.00 + 3.57
79.57
|
|
Skilled/Clerical
|
76.00 + 3.57
79.57
|
|
93.00 + 4.41
97.41
|
|
Highly Skilled
|
93.00 + 4.41
97.41
|
|
111.00 +
5.25
116.25
|
The rates for VDA
for workers employed in construction or maintenance of roads,
run-ways or in building operations including laying down underground
electric, wireless, radio, television, telephone and overseas
communication cables and similar other underground cabling work,
electric lines, water supply lines and sewerage pipelines would
be as under :
|
Category
of worker
|
Rates of
V.D.A. as area wise per day (in Rupees)
|
| |
A
|
B
|
C
|
|
Unskilled
|
3.15
|
2.94
|
2.52
|
|
Semi-skilled/Unskilled Supervisory
|
3.57
|
3.57
|
2.94
|
|
Skilled/Clerical
|
4.62
|
4.41
|
3.78
|
|
Highly Skilled
|
5.46
|
5.46
|
4.41
|
Therefore, the minimum
rates of wages including the basic rates and Variable Dearness
Allowance payable w.e.f 1-10-2002 to the employee working in the
above said employments would as under :
|
Category
of worker
|
Rates of wages including
V.D.A. as area wise per day (in Rupees)
|
| |
A
|
B
|
C
|
|
Unskilled
|
65.00 + 3.15
68.15
|
63.00 + 2.94
65.94
|
52.00 + 2.52
54.52
|
|
Semi-skilled/Unskilled
Supervisory
|
78.00 + 3.57
81.57
|
76.00 + 3.57
79.57
|
63.00 + 2.94
65.94
|
|
Skilled/ Clerical
|
100.00 + 4.62
104.62
|
94.00 + 4.41
98.41
|
80.00 + 3.78
83.78
|
|
Highly Skilled
|
118.00 + 5.46
123.46
|
116.00 + 5.46
121.46
|
94.00 + 4.41
98.41
|
The Classification
of cities into Areas A, B & C is as follows :
A R E A ‘A’
Ahmedabad (UA) Greater Bombay (UA)
Chennai (UA)
Bangalore (UA) Hyderabad (UA) Nagpur
(UA)
Calcutta (UA) Kanpur (UA) Delhi (UA)
Lucknow (UA)
A R E A ‘B’
Agra (UA) Ghaziabad (UA) Meerut (UA)
Ajmer (UA) Gorakhpur (UA) Moradabad
(UA)
Aligarh (UA) Guwahati Mysore (UA)
Allahabad (UA) Guntur Nasik (UA)
Amaravati (UA) Gwalior (UA) Pune
(UA)
Aurangabad (UA) Indore UA) Patna
(UA)
Bareilly (UA) Hubli-Dharwad Raipur
Bhavnagar/Bhopal Jabalpur (UA) Rajkot
Bikaner Jaipur (UA) Ranchi (UA)
Bhunaneshwar Jalandhar Sholapur (UA)
Amritsar Jamshedpur (UA) Srinagar
(UA)
Calicut (UA) Jodhpur Surat (UA)
Chandigarh (UA) Kolhapur (UA) Thiruvananthapuram
(UA)
Cochin (UA) Kalyan Ulhasnagar
Coimbatore (UA) Kota Vadodara (UA)
Cuttack (UA) Ludhiana Varanasi (UA)
Durgapur Madurai (UA) Vijaywada (UA)
Faridabad Complex Visshakhapatnam
(UA)
Warangal
AREA : ‘C’ will comprise all areas
not mentioned in this list.
NB : U.A. stands for Urban Agglomeration.
