New Delhi, Delhi government has decided to increase the minimum wage of MCD employees. The AAP government had announced to give dearness allowance to all MCD employees from April 1.
The government’s proposal on increasing the minimum wage will be placed for approval in the next meeting of the MCD House. The official said that the accumulated dearness allowance for the employees will be released after getting approval from the House. The monthly minimum wage for unskilled workers of MCD will increase from Rs 16,792 to Rs 17,234. Wages for semi-skilled workers will increase from Rs 18,499 to Rs 18,993 and for skilled workers from Rs 20,375 to Rs 20,903. Dearness allowance will be paid to everyone from April 1. According to the agenda of the House meeting, the minimum wage for clerical and supervisory employees will also be increased.
According to the proposal, the minimum wage for non-matric pass employees will increase to Rs 18,993, for matriculate but not graduate employees it will increase to Rs 20,902 and for graduate and above employees, the minimum wage will increase to Rs 22,744. Dearness allowance for these employees will be Rs 494, Rs 546 and Rs 598 per month respectively. Let us tell you that Aam Aadmi Party had won in MCD. AAP leader Shaili Oberoi is the mayor of MCD. Aam Aadmi Party claims that ever since the command of MCD has come into their hands, the old system has improved. Before Diwali, it was decided to give a bonus of Rs 7,000 to all Group D, C and Group B non-gazetted employees of MCD and Rs 1,200 to the raw employees.