Minimum Wages for Industrial Workers of Stone Mines w.e.f 1st April 2026- Revised VDA Order dated 30.03.2026 by Chief Labour Commissioner(C), New Delhi
File No.1/6(7)2025 LS- II
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner(C)
New Delhi
Dated:30/03/2026
ORDER
In exercise of the powers conferred by Central Government vide Notification No. S.O. 189(E) dated 19th January, 2017 of the Ministry of Labour and Employment the undersigned hereby revises the rates of Variable Dearness Allowance on the basis of the average Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers reaching 424.80 from 413.52 as on 31.12.2025 (Base 2016=100) and thereby resulting in an increase of 11.28 points. The revised Variable Dearness Allowance as under shall be payable from 01.04.2026;-
The rates of Variable Dearness Allowance for employees employed in “STONE MINES” shall be as under:-
| Item of work | Rates of Variable Dearness Allowance as on 01.04.2026 |
| 1. Excavation & removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/ 1.5 meters lift. * | |
| (i) Soft Soil | Rs.209 |
| (ii) Soft Soil with rock | Rs.310 |
| (iii) Rock | Rs.410 |
| 2. Removal and stacking of rejected stones with 50 metres lead/ 1.5 Metres lift. * | Rs.167 |
| 3. Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the Stone size of:- | |
| 1.0 inch to 1.5 inches | Rs.1243 |
| Above 1.5 inches to 3.0 inches | Rs. 1063 |
| Above 3.0 inches to 5.0 inches | Rs.627 |
| Above 5.0 inches | Rs.517 |
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Therefore, the minimum piece rate wages showing the basic and Variable Dearness Allowance payable w.e.f. 01.04.2026 to the employees employed in Stone Mines shall be as under:
| Category | Basic wages | VDA | Total |
| 1. Excavation & removal of overburden with 50 meters Lead/1.5 Meters lift. * | |||
| (i) Soft Soil | Rs.351 | + Rs.209 | = Rs. 560 |
| (ii) Soft Soil with rock | Rs.531 | + Rs.310 | = Rs. 841 |
| (iii) Rock | Rs.703 | + Rs.410 | = Rs.1113 |
| 2. Removal and stacking of rejected stones with 50 metres lead/ 1.5 Metres lift. * | Rs. 283 | + Rs.167 | = Rs.450 |
| 3. Stone Breaking or Stone Crushing for stone size of category ** | |||
| Basic Wages | VDA | Total | |
| (i) 1.0 inch to 1.5 inches | Rs.2171 | + Rs.1243 | = Rs.3414 |
| (ii) Above 1.5 inches to 3.0 inches | Rs.1857 | + Rs.1063 | = Rs.2920 |
| (iii) Above 3.0 inches to 5.0 inches | Rs.1088 | + Rs.627 | = Rs.1715 |
| (iv) Above 5.0 inches | Rs.893 | + Rs.517 | = Rs.1410 |
The workers employed ‘on minimum guaranteed time rate of wages per day shall be entitled to time rate of minimum wages plus special allowance, if any, for unskilled category of above ground workers revised from time to time by the Central Government in respect of scheduled employment in stone mines.
* Per 2.831 cube meters (100 cubic feet)
** Per truck load of 5.662 cubic meters (200 cubic feet)
The instant notification is being issued in pursuance of sub-section (2) of Section 69 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019) and shall remain in force till the corresponding order is issued in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 7 of the said Code.
(Sonal Mishra)
Chief Labour Commissioner(C)
ANNEXURE
CLASSIFICATION OF AREAS
| AREA – “A” | |||||
| Ahmedabad | (UA) | Hyderabad | (UA) | Faridabad complex | (M.Corpn) |
| Bangaluru | (UA) | Kanpur | (UA) | Ghaziabad | (UA) |
| Delhi | (UA) | Chennai | (UA) | Noida | |
| Greater Mumbai | (UA) | Nagpur | (UA) | Secunderabad | |
| Kolkata | (UA) | Lucknow | (UA) | Gurgaon | (M. Corpn) |
| Navi Mumbai | (UA) | Pune | (UA) | ||
| AREA – “B” | |||||
| Agra | (UA) | Gwalior | (UA) | Port Blair | (UA) |
| Ajmer | (UA) | Hubli-Dharwad | (M. Corpn) | Puducherry | (UA) |
| Aligarh | (UA) | Indore | (UA) | Raipur | (UA) |
| Allahabad | (UA) | Jabalpur | (UA) | Raurkela | (UA) |
| Amravati | (M.Corpn) | Jaipur | (M.Corpn) | Rajkot | (UA) |
| Amritsar | (UA) | Jalandhar | (UA) | Ranchi | (UA) |
| Asansol | (UA) | Jalandhar-Cantt. | (UA) | Saharanpur | (M.Corpn) |
| Aurangabad | (UA) | Jammu | (UA) | Salem | (UA) |
| Bareilly | (UA) | Jamnagar | (UA) | Sangli | (UA) |
| Belgaum | (UA) | Jamshedpur | (UA) | Shillong | |
| Bhavnagar | (UA) | Jhansi | (UA) | Siliguri | (UA) |
| Bhiwandi | (UA) | Jodhpur | (UA) | Solapur | (M.Corpn) |
| Bhopal | (UA) | Kannur | (UA) | Srinagar | (UA) |
| Bhubaneshwar | (UA) | Kochi | (UA) | Surat | (UA) |
| Bikaner | Kolhapur | (UA) | Thiruvanantapuram | (UA) | |
| Bokaro Steel City | (UA) | Kollam | (UA) | Thrissur | (UA) |
| Chandigarh | (UA) | Kota | (M.Corpn) | Tiruchirappalli | (UA) |
| Coimbatore | (UA) | Kozhikode | (UA) | Tiruppur | (UA) |
| Cuttack | (UA) | Ludhiana | (M.Corpn) | Ujjain | (M.Corpn) |
| Dehradun | (UA) | Madurai | (UA) | Vadodara | (UA) |
| Dhanbad | (UA) | Malappuram | (UA) | Varanasi | (UA) |
| Durgapur | Malegaon | (UA) | Vasai- Virar City | (M.Corpn) | |
| Durg-Bhilai Nagar | (UA) | Mangalore | (UA) | Vijayawada | (UA) |
| Erode | (UA) | Meerut | (UA) | Vishakhapatnam | (M.Corpn) |
| Firozabad | Moradabad | (M. Corpn) | Warangal | (UA) | |
| Goa | Mysore | (UA) | |||
| Gorakhpur | (UA) | Nanded Waghala | (M. Corpn) | ||
| Greater Visakhapatnam | (M.Corpn) | Nasik | (UA) | ||
| Gulbarga | (UA) | Nellore | (UA) | ||
| Guntur | (UA) | Panchkula | (UA) | ||
| Guwahati | (UA) | Patna | (UA) | ||
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