Vijayawada: All India general secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) Tapan Sen demanded that the government revise the minimum wage to Rs 26,000 according to the hike in prices in the present conditions as per the Supreme Court verdict against the present minimum wage of Rs 18,000 per month which was recommended by the 6th Pay Commission.
Sen made the statement at CITU founder Nanduri Prasada Rao’s memorial seminar on ‘Labour Codes, Minimum Wages, and Labour’ held at the Makineni Basavapunnaiah Vignana Kendram (MBVK) in Vijayawada on Sunday. Sen and other trade union leaders paid a great tribute by garlanding Nanduri Prasada Rao’s portrait.
Sen said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been continuing his raids on the rights of labour and wages by decreasing the 29 labour acts into four labour codes. He pointed out that all prices, like those of essential commodities, petrochemical products, electricity, and bus charges, had been hiked. Therefore, in this situation, the central government should increase the minimum wage for labour to Rs 26,000 per month, he added.
He said as per the Supreme Court orders, about 25 per cent of the minimum wage should be spent on education, health, and entertainment, but several managements are not implementing the laws. The seminar unanimously passed a resolution for the government to initiate measures for the increase of minimum wages according to the hike in prices.
