Minimum Rates of Wages in Various States

Minimum wages in Tamil Nadu

Sr. No.	Scheduled Employment	Basic Minimum Wages	V.D.A.	Total  Minimum Wages
1	Agarbathi Industry	69.73	38.57	108.3
2	Agriculture and works ancillary to Agriculture
	a) Men Workers for 6 hr	100	0	100
	b) Women Workers for 5 hr	85	0	85
3	Aerated Water Manufactory	70	44.46	114.46
4	Appalam Manufactory	93.42	51.77	145.19
5	Automobile Workshop	109.15	60.42	169.57
6	Auto Rickshaw and Taxi	138.5	76.69	215.19
7	Bakeries and Biscuits Manufactory	78	42.24	120.24
8	Bricks and Tiles Manufactory	74	39.6	113.6
9	Carpentry and Black Smith	127	78.18	205.18
10	Cashew Industry	132.5	15.2	147.7
11	Chemical and Fertilizers Industry	87.42	48.23	135.65
12	Cinema Industry	128.73	71.07	199.8
13	Coaching Academics that is to say tutorial	51.92	36.23	88.15
	colleges, Technical Institutes, Primary Schools,
	run on commercial lines without Govt. grant other
	than those run by Govt. and local bodies as the
	case may be.
14	Coconut Peeling Industry	79	42.24	121.24
15	Coir Manufactory	90	53	143
16	Coffee Curing Works	73	39.6	112.6
17	Construction or Maintenance of Road and in Building	117	63.36	180.36
	Operations
18	Cotton Ginning , Pressing and Cotton Waste Industry	91	51.76	142.76
19	Distribution of Liquid Petroleum Gas Cylinders	82.69	45.69	128.38
20	Electronics Industry	91	50.27	141.27
21	Fire Works Manufactory	31.5	61.04	92.54
22	Food Processing Industry	86.5	48.03	134.53
23	Footwear Making Industries	72.23	49.68	121.91
24	Employment in Forestry	39	72.15	111.15
25	General Engineering & Fabrication Industry	104	60.92	164.92
26	Gunny Industry	130	71.28	201.28
27	Gold and Silver Articles Manufactory	131	71.28	202.28
28	Granite Industry	130.26	72.07	202.33
29	Handloom Silk Weaving Industry	Piece Rate
30	Handloom Weaving Industry	Piece Rate
31	Hotel and Restaurants	98.85	72.6	171.45
32	Hospitals and Nursing Homes	107.19	59.38	166.57
33	Laundries and Washing Cloths (including Woolen)	140.5	76.56	217.06
34	Leather Goods Manufactory	72.23	49.68	121.91
35	Loading and Unloading Operations in markets, shandies	85	44.88	129.88
	(fairs and market place) and other like places.
36	Match Manufacturing	68.5	36.96	105.46
37	Mat Weaving and Basket Making	75	39.6	114.6
38	Medical & Sales representative	129.73	72.09	201.82
39	Motion Picture Industry	103.07	56.84	159.91
40	Neera Tapping	154	84.48	238.48
41	Any oil Mill	83	47.72	130.72
42	a) Paper and other incidental processes connected with	87.27	48.23	135.5
	machine made paper Industry
	b) Paper and other incidental Processes connected with	83.42	46.2	129.62
	Hand Made Paper
43	Plantation
	a) Tea	78	50.25	128.25
	b) Coffee	77	50.25	127.25
	c) Rubber	81.5	50.25	131.75
44	Power Loom Industry	29	52.91	81.91
45	Polythene Processing Foam Item and Plastic Manufactory	47.12	87.88	135
46	Printing Presses	72.81	40.12	112.93
47	Public Motor Transport	137.3	76.15	213.45
48	Rice Mill, Flour Mills and  Dhall  mills	88.5	47.52	136.02
49	Sago Industry	94.5	53.61	148.11
50	Salt Pans	89	47.52	136.52
51	Sea Food processing Industry	79.92	44.38	124.3
52	Security Guards	90.35	49.77	140.12
53	Sericulture Industry	95	52.8	147.8
54	Shops and Commercial Establishments	78.88	43.65	122.53
55	Silk Twisting Industry	97	52.8	149.8
56	Soap Manufactory	122	71.08	193.08
57	Synthetic Gem Cutting Industry	Piece Rate
58	Tailoring Industry	70.19	38.58	108.77
59	Textile mills (Apprentice)	110	60.72	170.72
60	Timber Industry	132.5	71.28	203.78
61	Tin Container Manufactory	91	50.26	141.26
62	Tobacco Manufactory
	a)  Beedi making (other than beedi rolling)	96.15	50.77	146.92
	b) Beedi Rolling (per 1000 beedis)	37.2	48.62	85.82
	c) Scented and chewing Tobacco	67.5	36.96	104.46
	d) Snuff Industry	78	42.24	120.24
63	Guaranteed Time Rates of Wages Tobacco	(Guaranteed Time Rates)
	(including Beedi making) Manufactory
64	Vessels Utensils Manufactory	72	39.6	111.6
65	Tanneries and Leather Goods Manufactory	57	47.83	104.83