CHAPTER 1 - LABOUR RATES AND DAILY WAGES
Notes:-
1. (a) Labour rates, to be paid will refer to the class of work done and not to the
person employed.
(b) The daily labour rates shall be arrived at by dividing the monthly rate by 26
and the quotient so arrived at after being rounded off to the next 10 paise,
shall be the daily rate inclusive of remuneration for weekly holiday. Hence
no separate payment shall be admissible for week-end-holiday
2. The rates for skilled labour are inclusive of necessary tools which are
normally carried by them, for carrying on their profession. The carpenter
should bring all carpentry tools such as handsaw, plier, square, drill, scale
etc. mason should bring shovel, plumb-bob thread and sprit level,
barbender should bring chisel and hammer, bar binder should bring pliers
and wire twisting tool and artist should bring all required brushes for
precision work. These examples are illustrative and not exhaustive.
3. The total wages payable to each labour on NMR shall be rounded off to
the nearest rupees.
4. (a) The rates are for a working day of eight hours unless specified otherwise.
(b) In exceptional circumstances where work has to be continued beyond 8
hours in a day, the payment for over-time should be on hourly basis at
double the hourly rate worked out from normal daily wages of 8 hours.
Prior sanction of the Executive Engineer should be obtained, wherever
possible, failing which urgent intimation should be given to the C.E./ S.E. /
E.E. before the work is actually started. Written confirmation of EE's
approval to the work should invariably be obtained from S.E./ C.E.
immediately after the start of such emergent works.
5. The rates for hiring cart or truck on Km basis should be paid only when: -
(a) The articles transported are not one full cart load (half-tonne) or one full
truck load (seven-and-a-half-tonne) but are less than that and that too in
emergency when departmental truck is not available, with the written
permission of the Executive Engineer.
(b) Such articles are transported for which there is no rate available in the
schedule of rates.
6 (a) Where more than one grade have been given, the Assistant Engineer is
empowered to engage labour of Grade II and Grade Ill categories. For
engagement of Grade I category prior sanction of the Executive Engineer
should be obtained.
(b) Grade-I, rates are for persons having experience of more than 5 years in
the trade.
(c) Grade-I Carpenter / Mason/Plumber shall be engaged for following works-
Carpenter- For door/ window / frames, shutters and similar types of work.
Mason: - For cut stone work, first class brick masonry, face stone masonry
(for dams) and similar types of work.
Plumber:- For Sanitary fittings, sewerage work & superior fittings.
(d) For engaging Diver and Well sinker prior sanction of the Superintending
Engineer / Chief Engineer should be obtained.
7. Wherever monthly scales have been fixed by the State Government, the
labour should be ordinarily employed for not more than one month but the
period can be extended by the Executive Engineer up to 89 days beyond
which approval of the Superintending Engineer/ Chief Engineer shall be
necessary.
8. For underground works involved in tunnels, shafts, surge shafts, adits and
drifts the rates of labour deployed should be up to 50% above the normal
labour rates.
9. The daily labour rates, for various categories of labour provided in this
chapter, shall be sanctioned by the Superintending Engineers/ Chief
Engineer for works under their circle within the limits of the revenue
division in accordance with the rates, fixed from time to time by the
committee, constituted by the State Government vide their labour
department notification No. 4 / C / 16 / 18 labour 16, dated 16-11-1978
under the chairmanship of divisional commissioner and shall be enforced
from the date notified by the said committee.
The copy of the sanction may be endorsed in the Water Resources
Department besides officers of other departments as follows:-
The Secretary , Water Resources Department, M.P Bhopal.
The concerned Chief Engineer.
The Engineer-in-Chief, BODHI, Water Resources Department, M.P.
Tulsinagar, Bhopal.
All Sub-Divisional Officers (in 10 copies) for distribution to concerned staff
including Sub-Engineers.
10. The following Acts of the Central Government with latest amendments
thereto and rules made hereunder may be referred to: -
• Minimum Wages Act, 1948
• Workman's Compensation Act, 1928
• Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970
Item No. Category Remarks
Unskilled:
101(a) (1) Mate or Head Mazdoor, (2) Asstt, Boatman,
(without boat) (3) Ass'tt. Cook, (4) Asstt. Line man.
(5) Bar Binder, (6) Bhishty with mashak, (7) Blow boy
(adult), (8) Chowkidar, (9) Cleaner or Conductor or
Helper (for trucks and heavy transport vehicles') (10)
Fireman, (11) Gauge reader, (12) Gardner [Link]. (13)
Helper to plumber, (14) Oilman Gd.I (for rated
machinery), (15) Pump Attendant (not operator), (16)
Saw man or Helper to Carpenter, (17) Store Attendant,
(18) Switch Board Attendant, (19) Tar Handler, (20)
Watchman.
101(b) (1) Mazdoor (Male or Female). (2) Dak runner, (3)
Khallasi (4) Oilman Gd. II (for non-rated machinery (5)
Rigman or Mastman for Drilling unit, (6) Sweeper, (7)
Waterman.
101(c) Boy or Girl Mazdoor (not below 14 years)
102 Semi skilled
(1) Asstt. Fitter, (2) Asstt. Moulder, (3) Asstt. Welder
(4) Augerman, (5) Bandhani with implements, (6)
Boatman (without boat) (7) Cane weaver, (8) Cobbler,
(9) Elec. Fitter (10) Field Asstt. Abhiyana/Soil testing
(Metric) (11) Floor polisher, (12) Gardner Grade II
(Trained) (13) Gauge reader (Matric), (14) Glazier, (15)
Hammer or Crowbar man (16) Laboratory Technician
Gd.-II (Matric). (17) Pneumatic Hammer man; (18) Tar
sprayer, (19) Tile Turner, (20) Timekeeper (Matric),
(21) Tool Mistry
Skilled:
103(a) (1) Artist for Models and Charts, (2) Black smith Gd. I
(3) Carpenter Gd. I (4) Cook, (5) Electrician-Auto
Diesel (rated equipment), (6) Mason Gd. I, (7) Plumber
Gd. I, (8) Shovel dragline Operator Gd. I (9) Senior
Mechanic (for workshop), (10) Special Gate Mechanic
Item No. Category Remarks
103(b) (1)Asstt. Electrician, (2) Compressor/ Crusher
Operator Gd. I, (3) Core Drill Operator Gd. I, (4) Driller
Gd. I, (5) Driver (6) Dumper Operator Gd. I, (7)
Mechanic (for workshop), (8) Gate mechanic Gd. I (9)
Fitter Gd. I. (10) Operator for truck trailer, (20-tonne
and above) (11) Pump Operator Gd. I (for pumps of
above 100 HP) (12) Research Assistant (M Sc / [Link].
lst Division), (13) Rigour labour, (14) Scrapper or
Dozer Operator Gd.-I, (15) Shovel/Dragline Operator
Gd. II, (16) Tractor Operator Gd.-I (chaintype), (17)
Turner Gd.-I, (18) Upholstry maker (19) Well sinker,
(20) Wireman (overhead), (21) Wireman (underground
work) Gd.I
103(c) (1)Black smith Gd. II, (2) Blaster (Licence holder). (3) [Link].
Bench Fitter, (4) Carpenter Gd. II, (5) Compressor/ (19) to be
Crusher Operator [Link]. (6) Core Drill Operator [Link], employed
(7) Driver for light vehicles, (8) Driver for truck, (9) for higher
Driller [Link], (10) Driller- Jack Hammer, (11) Dumper quality
Operator [Link] (1 2) Fitter [Link], (13) Gate Mechanic figuring
[Link], (14) Generator Operator Gd. I, (15) Laboratory or
Technician [Link] ([Link].), (16) Mason [Link] (17) Mixer lettering
Operator, (18) Moulder Gd. I (19) Painter Special
Grade (20) Plumber [Link], (21) Pump Operator Gd.
II(for pupms of 25 to 100 H.P.)(22) Road roller
Driver(Diesel / Steam),(23) Scraper / Dozer operator
Grade II,(24) Tailor with machine,(25) Tractor operator
Grade II(Chain type),(26) Turner Grade II,(27) Tractor
operator(Wheel type),(28) Vibrator operator,(29)
Welder Grade I,(30) Wire man (Industries), (31)
Wireman (under ground work)Grade II.
103(d) (1) Amin (Qualified) (2) Asstt. Electrician. (3) Asstt.
mechanic, (4) Asstt. Wireman, (5) Bar Bender (6)
Bench Fitter, (7) Carpenter [Link]
(8)Compressor/Crusher Operator Gd. II,(9) Driller Gd.
Ill, (10) Generator Operator Gd. II, (11) Mason'Gd. Ill,
(12) Moulder Gd. II (13) Painter Gd. I, (14) Pump
Operator Gd. Ill (for pumps below 25HP), (15)
Supervisor, Survey Attendant (ITI) Certificate holder).
(16) Thatcher, (17) Tracer (qualified), (18) Tubewell
Operator, (19) Welder Gd. II, (20) Wireless/Telephone
Operator, (21) Wireman (Domestic), (22) White or
Colour Washing Mason, (23) Wood Polisher.
