MCD Minimum Wage Hike: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to increase the minimum wage of employees. An MCD official gave this information on Monday. He said that 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 from April 1
Officials said that from April 1, dearness allowance will be paid to all MCD employees. Aam Aadmi Party had announced dearness allowance for 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 MCD official said that the accumulated dearness allowance for corporation employees will be released after getting approval from the House. According to the agenda of the MCD House meeting, the minimum wage for clerical and supervisory staff will also be increased.
According to the proposal, the minimum wage will increase to Rs 18,993 for non-matric pass employees, Rs 20,902 for matric pass but not graduated employees and Rs 22,744 for graduate and above employees. 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.
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