Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has hiked the Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) payable to unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and highly skilled categories of employees in all 89 scheduled employments in the state.
A notification issued by the Labour Commissioner said, “… the Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) @ Rs 7.00 per day (after rounding off) shall be payable to the unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and highly skilled categories of employees in all 89 scheduled employments with effect from 1st October 2023 in addition to the minimum rate of wages”.
Accordingly, the present rate of minimum wages including VDA per day with effect from 1st October 2023 is as under:
It is to be noted that earlier, the minimum wage of unskilled workers was Rs 345 which has been hiked to Rs 352, of semi-skilled was Rs 385 which has been hiked to Rs 392, of skilled from Rs 435 to Rs 442 and highly skilled from Rs 495 to Rs 502.
