Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 14: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has welcomed the Government decision with regard to revision of wages of scheduled employment.
A meeting of the BMS was held here today under the leadership of state president, Ashfaq Chouhan in which the Sangh welcomed the fulfilment of its long pending demand of revising the applicable minimum wages in UT of J&K vide notification issued yesterday whereby minimum Daily Wages have been increased by 38 % to Rs 311 for unskilled, Rs 400 for semi-skilled, Rs 483 for skilled, Rs 552 for highly skilled and Rs 449 for Administrative/Ministerial employees respectively.
BMS has been raising the issue for years and a memorandum was also submitted to the Lt Governor for redressal of this long pending demand of marginalised working classes across the industry and since notification has been issued by UT administration. BMS has welcomed the notification and expressed sincere gratitude towards the labour authorities for the same.
It is further deliberated in the meeting that another long pending demand of BMS since 2012 for linking Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) with minimum wages as applicable under Central Minimum Wages, has not been considered in the said notification, and so BMS once again reiterated that VDA must be linked with minimum wages so that the actual face value of minimum wages may be kept intact for coming years covering inflation till future revision in minimum wages.
Pertinent to mention here that erstwhile state of J&K had issued SRO No. 3 dated Jan 04, 2013 regarding linking VDA with minimum wages and convened various meetings for the same but nothing fruitful has been done so far on this issue. BMS appealed the advisor to LG, RR Bhatnagar for considering this long pending demand also on merits as assured in the meeting of advisory board held recently so that actual benefit of revised wages may be ensured to working classes.
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