Synopsis: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia of the Delhi government announced a raise in wages for unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled workers in Delhi and claimed the minimum wage paid to laborers is compared to any other state in the country.
Before Diwali, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia gave a gift to workers in Delhi. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia announced a hike in the dearness allowance of unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled workers. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said that this will relieve them from inflation and that the clerical and supervisor classes will also benefit from an increase in dearness allowance, usually given to state and central government employees.
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia also said that this step is being taken in the rising inflation by keeping the interests of the poor and workers in the unorganized sector. He claimed that the Delhi government pays the workers the “highest minimum” wage compared to any other state in the country. The Delhi government had earlier raised the minimum wages in May this year.
The revised wages of workers:
| Categories | Previous wage | Hiked wage |
| Unskilled workers | 16,506 | 16,792 |
| Semi-skilled workers | 18,187 | 18,499 |
| Skilled workers | 20,019 | 20,357 |
There is also a hike in clerical and supervisory classes. The increased monthly salary of non-matriculated and matriculated but non-graduated, and graduate or higher qualification employees is as follows:
| Categories | Previous salary | Hiked Salary |
| Non-matriculated employees | 18,187 | 18,499 |
| Matriculated employees | 20,019 | 20,357 |
| Graduate or above | 21,756 | 22,146 |
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s government continuously increases the dearness allowance by around 500 Rs every six months to relieve all Delhi workers. This issue was implemented on October 1.
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