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GOVERNMENT OF TELANG
RIGHT TO INFORMATION
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తెలంగాణ రాజ పత్రము
THE TELANGANA GAZETTE
PART - I EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 94]
HYDERABAD , TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 , 2024 .
NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
LABOUR , EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING & FACTORIES
DEPARTMENT
(LABOUR - I)
REVISION OF MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES IN THE EMPLOYMENT IN " FORESTRY AND TIMBERING OPERATIONS " IN PART- II OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE MINIMUM WAGES АСТ, 1948 .
[GO.Rt.No.122, Labour, Employment, Training and Factories (Labour - I) , 29th January, 2024.]
PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION
The following revision of minimum rates of wages as specified in column ( 3) of the Schedule annexed to this notification, payable to the each category of employees , specified in the corresponding entry in column ( 2) thereof and employed in the employment in " FORESTRY AND TIMBERING OPERATIONS "" included in Part- II of the Schedule to the Minimum Wages Act , 1948 ( Central Act XI of 1948 ) , which is proposed to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sub - section ( 1 ) of section 3 and sub - section (2 ) of section 5 of the Minimum Wages Act , 1948 ( Central Act XI of 1948 ) , is hereby published for information of all the persons likely to be affected thereby as required under clause ( b ) of sub - section ( 1 ) of section 5 of the said Act .
2. Notice is hereby given that , any objections or suggestions , in respect of the wages as proposed in the Schedule , which may be received within a period of two months from the date of publication of this notification in the Telangana Gazette , will be considered by the Government of Telangana.
3. Objections or suggestions should be addressed to the Special Chief Secretary to Government , Labour , Employment , Training & Factories Department , Government ofTelangana through the Director of Labour, Telangana , Hyderabad .
[1]
G-750/1 .
2
TELANGANA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
[Part-I
ANNEXURE
SCHEDULE
Name of the Employment: SCHEDULED EMPLOYMENT IN FORESTRY AND TIMBERING
OPERATIONS
Unit
Existing basic wage linked at 403 agri. CPI points
Name of the Category
SI . No
Zone- II
Zone-l
(3)
(1)
(2)
(4)
1
240
100 Nos .
240
Selection Timber Coups , Tree Markers
2
Other than Section Timber Coups
6817
6817
permonth
1) Watchers
3
Feeling and conversion of Timber
271
Cum
297
a) By axe
321
317
Cum
b) By saw
16750
15223 4 Extraction of Bamboo
100 No.s for girth of over 25 Cmt .
16750
14933
forgirth of20 to 25 Cmt .
16750
11740
for girth of 15 to 20 Cmt .
16750
11600
forgirth of 9 to 15 Cmt .
13189
11015
forgirth of 9
Cmt. below
14141
14141 c) Sadanamu 1000 ( Thousand)
forgirth of over25 Cmt .
12465
12465
20 to 24 Cmt .
8397
8397
18 to 20 Cmt.
6523
6523
15 to 18 Cmt.
7542
5441
12to 15 Cmt .
7174
3934
9 to 12 Cmt.
5441
3934
below 9 Cmt .
1450
1000 Nos
1450 d) Cherukuvasam
1000 Nos
1957
1957 e) Lathi , Chedi etc. , TELANGANA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
January 30 , 2024 ]
5 Feeling and Conversion of Poels
100 Nos .
i) 20-30 Cms . Size
100 Nos .
ii) 31-45 Cms . Size
100 Nos .
iii) 46-60 Cms . Size
6
Cum Feeling Sixing & Lotting of Fuel Wood
Cum 7 Dibarking of Timber
Cum 8 Tying & Dragging of Timber Poles
Cum Plainareasled Hilly & undulated areas
Cum SteepHill
9 Loading / Unloading
Cum a) Timber
20-30 Cms . 100 No.s b) Poles
31-45 Cms . 100 Nos .
46-60 Cms . 100 Nos .
C.Bamboo: Bamboos Aruundanacea i) Laower reaches : Girth
Classification
Over 25 Cms .
1000 Nos .
21 to 25 Cms
1000 Nos .
18 to 20 Cms .
1000 Nos .
15 to 18 Cms .
1000 Nos .
ii ) Ordinary reaches:
Dendrocalmus Strictus
1000 Nos .
18 Cms . & above
1000 Nos .
over 15 to 18 Cms .
over 12 to 15 Cms .
1000 Nos .
iii) Higher reaches :
Over 9 to 15 Cms .
1000 Nos .
1000 Nos .
beow 9 Cms .
D.Fuel
Cum 10 Lotting of
Cum a) Timber
100 Nos .
b) Poles i) Poles 20-30 cms
100 Nos .
ii ) Poles 31-45 Cms
100 Nos .
iii ) Poles 46 to 60 Cms .
c) Bamboo
1000 Nos .
Over 25 Cms.Girth
over 9 to 25 Cms .
1000 Nos .
beow 9 Cms .
1000 Nos .
Cum.
d) Fuel
Charcoal Burning
11
perday 12 Rock Breakers
perday 13 Agent
perday 14 Maistries
perday
3 421
421 748
748 1326
1326 120
120 90
77 190
190 240
240
334 334
468
357 357
357 748
748
1523 1523
1450
1450
1196 1196
959 959
842 842
959 959
898 898
748
748 0
0 959
959
959 959
107
107 240
190 100
100 247
247 397
397 361
361 240
240 180
180 24
24 357
357 357
357 451
451 404
357 4
TELANGANA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
KM 15 Survey with 1 Mtr.cutting
KM 16 Coup cutting (3 mtr.wide)
KM 17 Cutting of Compartment line 6 Mtrs.wide
KM 18 Maintenance of Compartment line
OFFICE STAFF : -
permonth 19 Manager
20 Clerk/Accountant/Cashier
permonth
permonth 21 Typist/Steno
22
permonth Peon/Attender/ Office Boy/ Scavenger/ Sweeper/ Watchman
permonth 23 Heavy Vehicle Driver
24 Light Vehicle Driver
permonth 25 Casual Labour/ Mazdoor
Perday 26 Nursery Operations : -
a) Claning the side including uprootal
Bed i) New Bed Size 12.5 Mtrsx 1.2 Mtrs x 0.25 Mtrs .
Bed ii) Old Bed
b) Digging Pulvarising and formation of bed
Bed i) New Bed
Bed ii) Old bed
Bed c) Migingfarmyard manual etc. , only labour component
Bed 27 Curbing
28
Bed Fencing nursery side with Brushwood
perBed a) Sowing of seeds including free treatment excluding cost of seeds
PerBed b) Sowing of seeds with free treating and excluding cost of seed
PerBed c) Covering of beds per bed with hay 29
PerBed Watering the beds during non rainy days for species except agave twice daily a) Manual
b) Sprinkler (Labour Component)
c) Pumpsets
30
Bed Wedding the nursery beds ( 4 times) 31
Bed Application of fertilisers (Labour Component) 32
1000 Nos .
filling polythene bags with soil mixture and arranging the beds 9x5 "
[Part-I
204 204
842
628
718 718
240
240 0
0 17982
17982 10518
10518 10798
10798 6015
6015
10518 10518
8991
8991 244
244 75
60 31
31 354
240
307 307
120
120 150
150 90
29 75
75 29
29 16
16 404
120 150
150 217
217 100
180
4 4
1346 898 TELANGANA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
January 30 , 2024 ]
33 Pricing the seeding and transplanting into bags 1000 Nos .
1000 Nos .
34 Sowing of seed in container including free treatment
35
Digging pits 30Cms.Cubes each pet 36
1000 Nos .
Shifting Grading and rearranging bag plants 4 times
37
Raising agave nursery Beds of 12 m x 1.25mx9.15 mts .
PerBed a) Preparation of nursery site
PerBed b) Formation of bed 12mx1.2mx0.15 after ploughing and cross ploughing and cross 0.80 m deep and raising the bed 0.15 m including breaking .
each bed c) Cost of sucker
perbed d) Lime dressing including cost of lime e) Watering the nursery once in 3 days ( No per bed nurserry watcher)
f) Mixing farm yard manure
38
1st year maintenance of agave nurserry a)Watering the nursery once in 3 days ( No nursery watcher)
PerBed b) Weeding the nursery beds
39
2nd year maintenance of agave nurserry a) Watering the nursery bed (no nursery Watcher)
PerBed b) Weeding the nurs nursery beds 4 times 40
Raising Teak Plantation at 2 Mtrs . Spacing ( 2500 plants per hectare )
Hectare a) Billeting and burning after Clearance
100 Nos .
b) Preparation of States 70 Cm height including transport
100 Nos .
c) Alligning and staking 70Cms height 2 Mtrsspacing
100 Nos .
d) Preparation of stumps including uprootal from beds and transport
100 Nos .
e) Planting stumps in crowbar holes (June) G- 750/ 2 .
5 100
120
60 60
4
4 72
90 5
5 180
180 3
3 4
4
60 60
120
120 60
60 23
23 60
60 23
23 3741
3741 27
27 31
31 31
31 31
31 6
TELANGANA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
Hectare f) 1st strip weeding 50cm on either side of planting line ( July , August)
Hectare g) IInd strip weeding 50cm on either side of planting line (September & October)
100 Nos .
h) IIIrd weeding & Soil working to a radius of50Cms (Dec. & Jan)
Hectare i) 1st cutting bamboo and other growth over the entire area ( Between I and II weeding)
Hectare j ) lind cutting bamboo and other growth over the entire area ( Between II and III weeding)
Hectare k) Coppice (where bamboo cutting is not necessary over the area)
41
1600 Plants perHectare Red sandal plantation 1/2 Mts.Spacing: -
Hectare a) Billeting , heaping and burning (burning twice)
100 Nos .
b) Prepation of stages of 70 cms height including transport
100 Nos .
c) Aligning and staking at 2 1/2 Mtrs.spacing
100 Nos .
d) Preparation of stumps including uprootal from beds and transport
100 Nos .
e) Planting stumps in crowbar holes
100 Nos .
f) 1st strip weeding 50cm on either side of planting line (August , Sept)
100 Nos .
g) IInd strip weeding 50cm on either side of planting line (October November)
100 Nos .
h) IIIrd weeding & Soil working to a radius of50Cmsx 15 Cms depth (Dec. & Jan)
Hectare i) Coppice cutting over the area
42
100 rm I year maintenance of Red Sandal plantation at 2 1/2 mtr.spacing
a) strip weeding 50 cms.100 M either side ofplanting line (July , August)
[Part- I 2391
2391 2391
2391 72
72 748
748 748
748
357 357
1045
1045 15
15 16
16 16
16
31 31
23
23 22
22 12
36 301
301 16
16 TELANGANA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
January 30 , 2024 ]
b) II Stips weeding 50 cms , on either side ofplanting line (October , November)
100 rm c) III weeding cum soil working to a radius of50 cms . (October , November)
Hectare d) Coppice cutting over the area
For third year maintenance of Red Sander plantation 2 1/2 mtrs, spacing same rates as per item No.17 43
Raising Eucalyptus plantations 2 1/2 mtrs . Spacement 1600 plants per hectare
100 Nos .
a) Planting in the pits
100 Nos .
b) Weeding cum soil working ( September &October)
44 Raising agave plantation
100 Nos .
a) Aligning or Staking or guide pits
100 Nos .
b) Dressing saucers i.e. clearing dead leave roots
100 Nos .
c) Planting suckers
100 Nos .
d) I weeding- cum- soil working (September & October)
100 Nos .
e) Il weeding - cum - soil working (December) 45
Tamarind Plantration at 10 Mtr . Spacing ( 100 plants per Hectare)
100 rm a) Cutting of lines 2 M wide at 10 M apart from centre to centre
100 Nos .
b) Cost of stakes of 0.70 cms . Height including transport
100 Nos.
c) Aligning and staking at10 Mtrs .
100 Nos .
d) Filling back the pits and planting plants
100 Nos.
e) Weeding-cum-soil working at a radius of 50 cms . Around the plans ( September & Ocotber)
100 Nos .
f) Weeding-cum- soil working at a radius of 50 cms and to a depth of 15 mtrs . Around the plant December) .
7 13
13
36 24
301
301 127
150
120 120
0
0 23
23 9
9 31
31 52
52 52
52 31
31 18
9 31
31 31
31 240
240
240 240 8
TELANGANA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
100 Nos .
g) Weeding- cum- soil workingto a radius of50 cms and to a depth of 15 mtrs . Around the plant including of coppies cutting.
Plants Watering h)Watering of plants from December, March 25 waterings
46
PerHeact.
Raising Babul Plantation per 31/2 Mtrs . Spacing (816 Plants)
PerHeact.
a)Clearing thormy growth wherever necessary
100 Nos .
b)Aligning and staking .
100 Nos .
c)Planting container including refilling pits and oacking
100 Nos.
d)Watering thrice in month
100 Nos .
e) lweding-cum- soil working to a readius of2 1/2 Mtrs . And 15 Cms . Depth ( Sept. October)
100 Nos .
f) II weeding- cum- soil working to a radius of2 1/2 Mtrs . Depth ( December)
47 Raising Avenue and Canal Bank Plantation 12 Mtrs . Spacing .
100 Nos .
a)Aligning and staking including cost and transport of States .
100 Nos .
b) Supplyof farmyard manure distribution to pit site ( 1500 cft) Labour component .
100 Nos .
c)Refilling the pits with excavted soil and manure including planting
d) Fencing with brush wood around the plants including cost conveyance of brushwood , etc. complete (radious of he fence for plant will be 0.50 mtrs .)
100 Nos .
e) Strengthing of brush wood
100 Nos .
f)Mulching and soil working
100 Nos .
g)Weeding and soil working around the plant.
100 per watering h)Watering the plant by engaging carts 40 waterings.
48
Soil and moisture conservation coupled with pasture development .
1000rm a)Aligning contrours at Specified Intervals .
[Part- I 357
357
3 3
451
451 10
10 82
82
17 17
120 120
120
120 90
90 150
150 357
357 374
374
2989 2989
2692
2692 598
598 645
645 90
90 9 TELANGANA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
January 30 , 2024 ]
1000rm
240
240 b) Cutting clearing the line 1Mtrs . Width.
90
90
100plants
c)Forming mounds on the lower side of trench and furrows by breaking loads and making seed beds
90
90
100plants
d) Refilling the trenches with dug up soil under grandi system
24
24
100plants
e) Sowing of seed in " V" firrpws and on the mounds of seed .
12
12
100plants
f) Re-sowing of seed in " V " furrows and on the mounds
60
60
100plants
g) Planting container plants in the trenches at two in each trench one on either side of the trench
31
31
100plants
h) Planting stumps in trenches
31
31
100plants
i)Weeding- cum - soil working in trenches and on mounds in sown lines in "V " furrows and around the plants to a width 30 cms . On either side(Septermber and October)
54
54
100plants
g) Weeding in furrows and trenches in sown lines and soil working for plants to a width of 30 cms . On either side of the depth of 15 Cms. (December)
49 Dibbing of Palmyrah nuts
90
90 a) Packing and transport over distance of 30Kms .
50 Beedi leaf plucking operations
7
7
Per-100 leaves
87
87
Per-1000
leaves
G- 750/3 .
10
TELANGANA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
[Part- I COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE
The minimum basic rates of wages fixed are linked to the Consumer Price Index Numbers for the Agricultural workers at 1346 points ( Base Year 1986 = 100 series ) . The Director of Labour shall notify the Cost of Living Allowance for every six months i.e. 1st April and 1st October of the calendar year . For this purpose , the average rise in the State Industrial Workers Consumer Price Index numbers for half year ending December and June respectively shall be taken into account. The details of calculation of Cost of Living Allowance for any rise in cost of Price Index over and above 1346 points are specified at Col. No.4 against each category in the schedule.
NOTE: -
1. Where the payment is made on piece rate basis the wages of the employees shall not be less than the minimum rates fixed for the relevant category for a normal working day of work .
2. If any category of employee in the employment are left out they shall not be paid less than the minimum wages fixed for a similar category of worker.
3. Whenever wage periods are fixed the minimum rates of wages for such wage period shall be calculated by multiplying the daily rates of wages by the number of days constituting such the wage periods .
4. Lower reaches means , plains areas , ordinary reaches means normal and accessible areas . Higher reaches mean steep hills and deep valleys or difficult and inaccessible areas .
5. Units adopted are per cubic meter i.e Cmt and quantity i.e 100 or 1000 No's Kilometer and Hectare i.e KM and Hec.
6. IN respect of Other Plantations which are not classified above the wages shall be paid corresponding to the nature of work as specified above for office staff orNursery Operations etc.
7. The Zone comprises of the following circles of Forest Department.
Zone -I - Warangal , Kahammam and Adilabad Circles
Zone - II - Hyderabad and Nizamabad Circles
8. If any category of employees is paid other allowances ( i.e other than notified wage ) they shall continue to get the said allowances in addition to the notified basiswage
I. RANI KUMUDINI , Special Chief Secretary to Government .
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