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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT 
RAJYA SABHA 
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 735 
TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2024 
 
FINAL REPORT ON FLOOR WAGES AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION 
 
735. SHRI JAGGESH: 
 
Will the Minister of Labour and Employment be pleased to state: 
 
(a) whether it is a fact that a committee led by Anoop Satpathy in 2019 
suggested a floor wage of ₹375 per day and the proposal has been 
rejected by Government due to substantial financial implications 
for employers; 
(b) whether Government in consultations with stakeholders proposes to 
strike a balance between  the existing minimum wage of ₹176 per 
day and the previous recommendation of ₹375 per day, taking into 
account inflation and household expenditure costs; 
(c) whether the committee, constituted for recommending floor wage, 
has submitted its final report to Government; and 
(d) if so, the details thereof and steps for its implementation? 
 
ANSWER 
 
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT 
(SHRI RAMESWAR TELI) 
 
(a) & (b): The Central Government, based on the recommendation of 
the National Commission on Rural Labour (NCRL) in 1991, introduced the 
concept of National Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW)  as a non -
statutory measure so as to have a uniform wage structure and to reduce 
the disparity in minimum wages across the country. The National Floor 
Level Minimum Wage was last revised from Rs.160/ - to Rs.176/- per day 
w.e.f. 01.06.2017.  
 
Subsequently in 2019, the concept of National Floor Level 
Minimum Wages (NFLMW) has been subsumed in the Code on Wages, 
2019, as a statutory provision. Section 9 of the Code on Wages, 2019 
provides for fixing of floor wage by the Central Government. The Code 
stipulates t hat the minimum rates of wages fixed by the appropriate 
Governments shall not be less than the floor wage. The relevant 
provisions of the Code on Wages, 2019, have not come into force.  
 
(c):  No.  
 
(d):  Question does not arise in light of the reply to part (c) above. 
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