Uttar Pradesh Minimum Wages Notification- Agreeculure Employement July 2017

Uttarr Pradesh 

Shasan Sharam Anubhag - 3

In pursuance of the provisions of clause (3) of Article (348) of the constitution, the Governor is pleased to order the publication of the following English translation of notification no 12 /2017/447/36-3-2017-01 (Estb.) /2005 dated  July  26,    2017  for general information :

Notification No 12/2017/447 /36-3-2017- 01 (Estb.)/2005 Lucknow  Dated  July 26,   2017 

In exercise of the powers under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 3 read with clause (3) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the  Minimum Wages  Act, 1948(Act no. XI of 1948), and in supersession of Government  notification no. 12/2016/524/36-3-2016-01(Estb.)/2005, dated  June  15, 2016   the Governor is pleased to fix and revise, with effect from the date of publication of this  notification in the Gazette, the minimum rates of wages in respect of the  employees, employed  in  the  Employment  in  agriculture in Uttar Pradesh shall be as under:-

Sr. No.	Type of agriculture work	Region	All inclusive of minimum rates of wages for adult workers.
1	Cultivation and tillage of soil, production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agriculture commodity, preparation for marketing and delivery to storage or to market or to carriage for transportation to market of farm produce and any practice incidental to or in conjunction with farm operations including mushroom cultivation in farms of all sizes, including those within six kilometers of municipal or cantonment limits.	Whole of  Uttar Pradesh	Rs. 4550/- per month or Rs. 175/- per day.
2	Forestry or timbering operation performed by farmer or on a farm as incidental to or in conjunction with farm operations.
3	Dairy farming, raising of livestock, bee-keeping, poultry farming and their incidental operations.

2. The minimum wages may be paid in cash or where so agreed by the employees, in kind or partly cash and partly in kind, so however,  that the total value of the wages, shall in no case, be less than the minimum prescribed rates. 

3- The hourly rates of wages shall not be less than 1/6 of the daily rates. 

4-  The minimum time-rate wages payable to adolescents and children shall not be less than time-rate wage admissible to an adult employee. 

5- The rates of wages shall not in any way operate to the prejudice of any employee that is if more rates of wages are being paid than those prescribed under this notification, they would continue to be paid and they would be deemed to be the minimum rate of wages prescribed under this notification.

By Order,

( Rajendra Kumar Tiwari)  

Addl. Chief  Secretary