REVISED VARIABLE DEARNESS ALLOWANCE FOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS FROM
APRIL
Workers employed in agriculture are
to receive higher Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) with effect
from April 1, 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 as
on December 31, 2002 would be as under in ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ areas
:
|
Category of worker
|
Rates of V.D.A. as area wise (in Rupees)
|
| |
A
|
B
|
C
|
|
Unskilled
|
21.70
|
19.63
|
19.63
|
|
Semi-skilled/Unskilled Supervisory
|
23.77
|
21.70
|
20.67
|
|
Skilled/Clerical
|
25.83
|
23.77
|
21.70
|
|
Highly Skilled
|
28.93
|
26.87
|
23.77
|
Therefore, the minimum rates
of wages including the basic rates and Variable Dearness Allowance
payable w.e.f 1-04-2002 to the employee working in Agriculture
will be as under :-
|
Category of worker
|
Rates of V.D.A. as area wise (in Rupees)
|
| |
A
|
B
|
C
|
|
Unskilled
|
75.00 + 21.70
96.70
|
69.00 + 19.63
88.63
|
67.00 + 19.63 86.63
|
|
Semi-skilled/Unskilled Supervisory
|
83.00 + 23.77
106.77
|
77.00 + 21.70
98.70
|
70.00 + 20.67
90.67
|
|
Skilled/ Clerical
|
91.00 + 25.83
116.83
|
83.00 + 23.77
106.77
|
76.00 + 21.70
97.70
|
|
Highly Skilled
|
101.00 + 28.93
129.93
|
93.00 +26.87
119.87
|
83.00 + 23.77
106.77
|
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.
