Port Blair, 9 July

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lt Governor and Vice Chairman of Islands Development Agency (IDA) Admiral DK Joshi, (Retd) has revised the minimum rates of wages of workers in all the categories, an official statement said.

The revised wage rates are applicable from 1 July, 2025.

As per the revised worker wages, the daily wage of unskilled workers will now be Rs 647 (Rs 19,410 approx per month), semi-skilled or unskilled supervisory category will get Rs 728 per day (Rs 21,840 approx per month), skilled or clerical Rs 851 per day (Rs 25,530 approx per month) and highly skilled worker will get Rs 934 per day (Rs 28,020 approx per month), a statement issued by Raj Niwas said.

"The wages were revised across all six schedules of employment in addition to government departments, offices, industrial establishments as mandated under the provisions of Minimum Wages Act, 1948 in the UT of Andaman and Nicobar Islands w.e.f. 1st July, 2025," the statement said.

A senior official at the Union Territory Labour department said, "One can download the order copy of revised rates of minimum wages from www.labour.and.nic.in. All employers of the establishments have been requested to comply with the revised rates, failing which, punitive action as per the provisions of Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and its Rules made thereunder shall be initiated."

Last year also, the Lieutenant Governor hiked the minimum wage and then it was affected from 1 July, 2024. As per the previous circular, the minimum wage per day for unskilled worker was Rs 633 per day, semi-skilled or unskilled supervisory used to get Rs 714 per day, the skilled or clerical staff used to get Rs 837 per day and highly skilled workers used to get Rs 920 per day.

The decision to increase the minimum wage was taken considering the financial stability of the workers, an official said.