labour department of the State Government has issued amended rates of variable dearness allowance in scheduled appointments from October 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014, effective from October 1, 2013.
Highly skilled, skilled, semi-skilled and non-skilled labourers working in the scheduled placements will get their wages at the increased rate from October 2013. Rs 220 per month has been increased in the variable DA (VDA), based on the All India Consumer Price Index from January 2013 to June 2013.
According to the amended DA rate, skilled worker working in the 45 scheduled placements of the state will now get minimum wages Rs 5,605 per month, in place of Rs 5,385. Similarly, the semi-skilled worker will get Rs 5,345 in place of Rs 5,125 and the non-skilled worker Rs 5,163 in place of Rs 5,943. Detailed information of the new rate of VDA will be available at website of the labour department www.cglabour.gov.in.
As per the amended VDA rates issued by the labour department, the highly-skilled labourers working in power plants, steel plants, sponge iron plants, rolling mills, costing industries and cement factories of the state will now get Rs 6,138 per month instead of Rs 5,918, and the skilled workers will get Rs 5,696 in place of Rs 5,476.
Similarly, the semi-skilled workers will now get Rs 5,410 per month instead of Rs 5,190 and the non-skilled worker will get Rs 5,202 per month instead of Rs 4,882. The highly-skilled worker working as security guard will get the minimum wages of Rs 6,216 in place of Rs 5,996 and skilled worker Rs 5,956 in place of Rs 5,736.
Similarly, the semi-skilled security guard will get Rs 5,696 in place of Rs 5,476 and the non-skilled security guard Rs 5,436 instead of Rs 5,216. The labour department has also increased the VDA of clerical staff working in printing press, daily waged workers of various Government departments, non- skilled farm workers and different categories of workers working in agarbatti and bidi manufacturing industries.