As a part of Rural Labour Enquiry (RLE), Labour Bureau has been compiling average daily wage rates for General Agricultural Labourers and Non-Agricultural Labourers on the basis of the information collected by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) from a fixed set of 600 sample villages spread over 20 States.
Annual average daily wage rates for General Agricultural Labourers have increased during the last three years. In 2015 it stood at Rs. 233.84 and increased to Rs. 248.32 in 2016 and Rs. 263.59 in 2017. In the case of Non-Agricultural Labourers, the annual average daily wage rate increased from Rs. 246.82 in 2015 to Rs. 257.95 in 2016 and further to Rs. 270.76 in 2017.
The government has taken several initiatives which inter-alia include fixing and revising minimum wages of workers under the provisions of Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and periodic revision of wage rates for workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005.
This information was given by Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar Union Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
