Good News: Delhi Govt Raises Minimum Wages For All Workers

The Delhi government has raised the minimum wage for all workers effective April 1, 2025. The government announced an increase in minimum wages for all workers with retrospective effect.

According to the notification of the Labour Department of the Government of NCT of Delhi, dated April 15, 2025, “The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi after adjustment of the average All India consumer Price Index Number of the period from July to December 2024, which is 413.42, an increase of 11.32 points, hereby declares the following Dearness Allowances, which shall be payable for all categories w.e.f 01.04.2025”.

Now, the per day wage will be Rs 710 for an unskilled worker, Rs 784 for a semi-skilled worker, and Rs 862 for a skilled worker.

Here are the details of the revision in the wages:

Source: Labour Department, Govt. Of NCT of Delhi

For the scheduled employment of clerical and supervisory staff, the wage will be:

Source: Labour Department, Govt. Of NCT of Delhi

According to a post on X (formerly Twitter) by ANI, if a worker is not getting the revised minimum wages, a complaint can be made to the Joint Labour Commissioner or the deputy Labour Commissioner in their districts. These are the official designated and authorised under the Minimum Wage Act, 1948, to review the complaints about wage discrepancies and resolve them.

The raise is to protect the workers against inflation and support those working at bottom-rung jobs.

The last revision in the minimum wages was done in October 2024. At that time, per day wage was increased to Rs 695 for unskilled workers, Rs 767 for semi-skilled, and Rs 843 for skilled workers.