REVISED VARIABLE DEARNESS ALLOWANCE FOR WORKERS ENGAGED IN STONE
MINES FROM APRIL
Workers engaged in stone
mines for stone breaking and stone crushing are to receive higher
Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) with effect from first April,
2002. According to the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) the
new rates of VDA calculated on six monthly average of Consumer
Price Index for Industrial Workers reaching 467 (Base 1982-100)
as on December 31, 2002 would be as under in ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’
areas :
| Item of work |
| 1. Excavation &
removal of over burden with 50 metres lead / 1.5 meters lift. |
| (i) Soft
Soil |
| (ii) Soft
Soil with rock |
| (iii) Rock |
| 2. Removal and stacking
of rejected stones with 50 metres lead 1.5 metres lift. |
| 3. Stone breaking
or Stone Crushing for the Stone size of :- |
| (i) 1.0 inch to
1.5 inches |
| (ii) Above 1.5
inches to 3.0 inches |
| (iii) Above 3.0
inches to 5.0 inches |
| (iv) Above 5.0
inches |
| Therefore, the minimum
piece rate wages showing the basic and Variable Dearness Allowance
payable w.e.f. 1-04-2002 to the employees of Stone Mines employed
in Stone breaking or stone Crushing shall be as under :- |
| |
Category |
Basic
Wages |
VDA |
Total |
1. Excavation
& removal ofover burden with 50 metres lead/1.5 meters
lift.
|
| (i) |
Soft Soil |
Rs. 65.00 |
Rs. 23.15 |
Rs. 88.15 |
| (ii) |
Soft Soil with rock |
Rs. 99.00 |
Rs. 35.33 |
Rs.134.33 |
| (iii) |
Rock |
Rs.131.00 |
Rs. 46.29 |
Rs.177.29 |
| 2. |
Removal and stacking ofrejected
stones with 50 metres lead 1.5 metres lift.
|
Rs. 52.00 |
Rs. 18.27 |
Rs.70.27 |
| 3. Stone Breaking
or Stone Crushing for the stone size of :- |
| |
Category |
Basic Wages |
VDA |
Total |
| (i) |
1.0 inch to1.5 inches |
Rs.407.00 |
Rs.143.76 |
Rs.550.76 |
| (ii) |
Above 1.5 inches
to 3.0 inches |
Rs.349.00 |
Rs.121.83 |
Rs.470.83 |
| (iii) |
Above 3.0 inches
to 5.0 inches |
Rs.203.00 |
Rs. 71.88 |
Rs.274.88 |
| (iv) |
Above 5.0 inches |
Rs.167.00 |
Rs. 58.48 |
Rs.225.48 |
4. The
workers employed on minimum guaranteed time rate of wages per
day would be entitled to time rate of minimum wages plus special
allowance, if any for unskilled catgegory of above ground workers
revised from time to time by the Central Government in respect
of schedule employment in stone mines.
Explanations
:
- The basic minimum piece-rate of
wages are inclusive of wages payable for the weekly day of rest.
- The minimum rates of wages are
applicable to employees employed by contractors also.
- Where the prevailing rates of wages
based on contract or agreement or otherwise are higher than
the notified rates under the Act, the higher rates should be
protected and treated as the minimum rates of wages for the
purpose of this notification
- The employer shall not make any
deduction whatsoever from the aforesaid piece-rate of wages
on account of the cost of explosives, detonator, removal of
soil, de-watering charges etc. The employer will supply material
for blasting, drilling of holes and de-watering facilities.
A R E A ‘A’
Ahmedabad (UA) Chennai (UA)
Calcutta (UA) Lucknow (UA)
Bangalore (UA) Hyderabad (UA) Nagpur
(UA)
Greater Bombay (UA) Kanpur (UA) Delhi
(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.
