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Karnataka garment workers seek revision of minimum wages

Garment workers in Karnataka have sought revision of minimum wages, withdrawn by the earlier government in March 2018. As per the draft notification, the minimum wage was to be revised to Rs 445 per day for an unskilled worker from Rs 220 a day. For a semi-skilled worker in Bengaluru, the wage was proposed to be revised from Rs 229 to Rs 490. For skilled and highly-skilled workers, the wages were proposed to be revised upwards from Rs 232 and Rs 240 to Rs 539 and Rs 593, respectively.

Implementation of this notification would have benefitted around 4.5 lakh people, mostly women, employed in the state’s garment industry. Bengaluru alone employs nearly 3.5 lakh people. The notification was withdrawn by the labour department stating that the industry management objected to the revision as minimum wages in the state were already higher compared to other states, and increasing the wages would have an adverse impact on the industry.

 

 
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