THE ANDHRA PRADESH GAZETTE

PART I – EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 178 ] HYDERABAD, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2001

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NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

LABOUR, EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND FACTORIES DEPARTMENT

(Lab-II)

REVISION OF MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES IN THE EMPLOYMENT IN “FORESTRY AND TIMBERING OPERATIONS” IN PART-II OF THE SCHEDULE OF THE MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948.

(G.O.Ms.No.26, Labour, Employment, Training and Factories (Lab.II),

3^rd April, 2001)

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 II of 1948) and of all other powers herein to enabling and after having consulted the State Minimum Wages Advisory Board, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh hereby fixes the minimum rates of wages which shall consist of basic wage as specified in Column (4) of the Schedule below as payable to each category of employees specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) thereof and employed in the employment in “Forestry and Timbering Operations” as specified in Part-II of the Schedule of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 in the State of Andhra Pradesh as the same having been previously published as required under clause (b) of sub-section(1) of section 5 of the said Act.

The minimum rates of wages so fixed shall come into force with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette.

SCHEDULE

NAME OF THE EMPLOYMENT: FORESTRY AND TIMBERING OPERATIONS

SL. NO.	NAME OF THE CATEGORY	UNIT	TOTAL WAGES ROUNDED TO NEAREST RS.PS
(1)	(2)	(3)	ZONE-I		ZONE-II	ZONE-III	ZONE-IV
TIMBERING OPERATIONS
1.	Selection Timber Coups, Tree Makers.	100 Nos.	50-80		50-80	50-80	50-80
2.	Other than Section Timber Coups. 1. Watchers	Per month	1448		1448	1448	1448
3.	Felling and conversion of timber a. By axe b. By saw	cum Cum	57-40 67-10		54-40 63-60	63-40 68-10	57-40 67-10
4.	Extraction of Bamboo	1000 Nos. for girth of over 25 Cmt.	2802		3204	3558	3234
		For girth of 20 to 25 Cmt.	2648		2648	3558	3172
		For girth of 15 to 20 Cmt.	2494		2494	3558	2494
		For girth of 9 to 15 Cmt.	2448		2448	3558	2464
		For girth of 9 Cmt. below	2340		2340	2802	2340
	c. Sadanamu 1000 (Thousand)	For girth of over 25 Cmt.	3004		3004	3004	3004
		20 to 24 Cmt.	2648		2648	2648	2648
		18 to 20 Cmt.	1524		2418	1784	1784
		15 to 18 Cmt.	1386		2418	1386	1386
		12 to 15 Cmt.	1156		1602	1602	1156
		9 to 12 Cmt.	940		1356	1524	836
		Below 9 Cmt.	646		970	1156	836
	D.Cherukuvasams	1000 Nos.	308		308	308	308
	E.Lathi, Chedi etc.	1000 Nos.	416		416	416	416
5.	Felling and Conversion of poles.
	i. 20 – 30 Cms. Size	100 Nos.	89-30		89-30	89-30	89-30
	ii. 31 – 45 Cms. Size	100 Nos.	159-20		159-20	159-20	159-20
	iii. 46 – 60 Cms. Size	100 Nos.	281-80		281-80	281-80	281-80
6.	Felling Sixing & Lotting of Fuel wood.	Cum	25-40		27-70	25-40	25-40
7.	Debarking of Timber	Cum	16-30		28-90	19-40	16-30
8.	Tying & Dragging of Tibmer poles plain areas led Hilly & hundulated areas	Cum	50-80		56-70	40-60	40-60
9.	Loading /Unloading
	a. Timber	Cum	89-00		76-20	99-20	76-20
	b. Poles	20 – 30 Cms. 100 Nos.	76-20		76-20	76-20	76-20
		31 – 45 cms 100 Nos.	159-20		159-20	159-20	159-20
		46-60 cms 100 nos.	323.40		323.40	323.40	323.40
	C. Bamboo: Bamboos Arundanacea i.Lower reaches: Girth Classification;
	Over 25 cms	1000 Nos.	508-20		308-00	308-20	308-20
	21 to 25 cms	1000 Nos.	406-60		254-10	254-10	254-10
	18 to 20 cms	1000 Nos.	308-00		203-30	203-30	203-30
	15 to 18 cms	1000 Nos.	178-60		178-60	178-60	178-60
	ii. ordinary reaches: Dendrocalmus Strictus
	18 cms and above	1000 Nos.	203-30		218-70	203-30	203-30
	Over 15 to 18 cms	1000 Nos.	191-00		191-00	191-00	191-00
	Over 12 to 15 cms	1000 Nos.	159-20		159-20	159-20	159-20
	iii. Higher reaches:
	Over 9 to 15 cms	1000 Nos.	203-30		203-30	203-30	203-30
	Below 9 cms	1000 Nos.	203-30		203-30	203-30	203-30
	D. FUEL	cum	22-50		25-40	22-50	22-50
10.	Lotting of
	a. Timber	cum	45-90		63-60	50-80	40-60
	b. i. Poles 20 – 30 cms	100 Nos.	21-10		21-10	21-10	21-10
	ii. Poles 31 – 45 cms	100 Nos.	52-40		52-40	52-40	52-40
	iii. Poles 46 – 60 cms	84-40	84-40		84-40	84-40	84-40
	C.Bamboo
	Over 25 cms Girth	1000 Nos.	76-40		111-80	76-40	76-40
	Over 9 – 25 cms	1000 Nos.	50-80		56-00	50-80	50-80
	Below 9 cms	1000 Nos.	38-20		38-20	38-20	38-20
	(d) FUEL	cum	5-10		5-10	5-10	5-10
11.	Charcoal burning	Per day	76-20		76-20	76-20	76-20
12.	Rock Breakers	Per day	76-20		76-20	76-20	76-20
13.	Agent	Per day	95-80		95-80	95-80	95-80
14.	Maistries	Per day	76-20		95-20	86-20	76-20
15.	Survey with 1 mtr. cutting	KM	33-10		69-90	43-10	43-10
16.	Coup cutting (3 mts.wide)	KM	254-10		178-60	178-60	133-70
17.	Cutting of Compartment line 6 mtrs. wide	KM	152-50		152-50	152-50	152-50
18.	Maintenance of compartment line	KM	50-80		50-80	50-80	50-80
19.	Manager	P.M.	3820.00		3820.00	3820.00	3820.00
20.	Clerk/Accountant/Cashier	P.M.	2234		2234	2234	2234
21.	Typist/Steno	P.M.	2294		2294	2294	2294
22.	Peon/Attender/Office Boy/Scanvenger/Sweeper/ Watchman	P.M.	1278		1278	1278	1278
23.	Heavy Vehicle Driver	P.M.	2234		2234	2234	2234
24.	Light Vehicle Driver	P.M.	1910		1910	1910	1910
25.	Casual Labour/Mazdoor	Per day	52		52	52	52
26.	Nursery Operations
a.	Cleaning the side including uprootal
	i. New Bed size 12.5 Mtrs. XI.2 Mt X 0.25 Mtrs.	Bed	6-20		6-50	16-00	12-80
	ii.Old Bed	Bed	2-40		2-40	6-50	6-50
b. c.	Digging Pulvarising and formation of bed
	i. New Bed	Bed	76-20		75-10	75-10	50-80
	ii. Old Bed	Bed	31-70		65-10	65-10	65-10
	Mixing farmyard manual etc. only labour component	Bed	25-40		25-40	25-40	25-40
27.	Carbing	Bed	31-70		31-70	31-70	31-70
28.	Fencing nursery side Bed with Brushwooed	Bed	12-80		7-20	19-10	6-20
	a.Sowing of seeds Including free treatment excluding cost of seeds	Per bed	9-70		16-00	16-00	16-00
	b. Sowing of seeds with free treatment and excluding cost of seed.	Per day	6-20		6-20	6-20	6-20
	c. Covering of beds with hay.	Per day	3-40		3-40	3-40	3-40
29.	Watering the beds during per non-rainy days for species except agave twice daily.	Per day
	a. Manual		61-00		63-60	86-20	25-40
	b. Sprinkler (Labour component)		30-50		19-10	31-90	31-90
	c. Pumpsets		45-90		45-90	45-90	45-90
30.	Weeding the nursery beds (4 times)	Bed	12-80		25-40	21-10	38-20
31.	Application of fertilizers (Labour componently)	Bed	0-80		0-80	0-80	0-80
32.	Filling polythene bags with soil mixture and arranging the beds 9 X 5”	1000 Nos.	190-60		190-60	190-60	285-80
33.	Pricing the seeding and transplanting into bags.	1000 Nos.	30-90		16-00	21-20	25-40
34.	Sowing of seed in container including free treatment	1000 Nos.	12-80		12-80	12-80	12-80
35.	Digging pits 30 cms. Cubes each pet.		0-80		0-80	0-80	0-80
36.	Shifting Grading and rearranging bag plants 4 times.	1000 Nos.	25-40		15-40	15-40	19-10
37.	Raising agave nursery beds of 12m X 1.25m X 9.15 mts.
	a. Preparation of nursery site.	Per bed	1-10		1-10	1-10	1-10
	b. Formation of bed 12m X 1.2m X 0.15 after ploughing and cross ploughing and cross 0.80m deep and raising the bed 0.15m including breaking	Per bed	38-20		38-20	38-20	38-20
	c. Cost of sucker	Each bed	0-60		0-60	0-60	0-60
	d. Lime dressing including cost of lime	Per bed	0-80		0-80	0-80	0-80
	e. Watering the nursery once in 3 days (No nursery watcher)	Per bed	12-80		12-80	12-80	12-80
	f. Mixing farm yard manure.		25-40		25-40	25-40	25-40
38.	1^st year maintenance of agave nursery
	a. Watering the nursery once in 3 days (no nursery watcher)		12-80		12-80	12-80	12-80
	b. Weeding the nursery beds.	Per bed	4-90		4-90	4-90	4-90
39.	Lind year maintenance of agave nursery
	a. Watering the nursery beds (no nursery watcher)		12-80		12-80	12-80	12-80
	b. Weeding the nursery beds 4 times.	Per bed	4-90		4-90	4-90	4-90
40.	Raising Teak Plantation at 2 Mtr. Spacing (2500 plants per hectare)
	a. Billeting and burning Hectare after clearance	Hectare	317-70		508-20	794-60	794-60
	b. Preparation of stakes 70 cm height including transport	Hectare	9-70		7-80	5-70	5-70
	c. Aligning and staking 70cms. 2mtr. Spacing.	100 Nos.	9-70		10-50	6-50	6-50
	d. Preparation of stums including uprootal from beds and transport.	100 Nos.	3-80		3-80	6-50	6-50
	e. Planting stumps in crowbar holes (June)	100 Nos.	6-50		6-50	6-50	6-50
	f. 1^st strip weeding 50 cm on either side of planting line (July, August).	Hectare	349-60		473-10	508-20	508-20
	g. II nd strip weeding 50 cm on either side of planting line (September, October).	Hectare	349-60		473-10	508-20	508-20
	h.III rd weeding & soil working to a radius of 50 cms, (December, January).	100 Nos.	15-40		15-40	15-40	15-40
	i. 1^st cutting of bamboo and other growth over the entire area (between I and II weeding).	Hectare	128-00		223-60	158-90	158-90
	j. II cutting bamboo and other growth over the entire area (between II and III weeding)	Hectare	95-50		111-80	158-90	158-90
	k.Coppce (where bamboo cutting is not necessary over the area)	Hectare	76-20		76-20	76-20	76-20
41.	Red sander plantantation ½ Mtr. Spacing	1600 plants per hectare
	a. bileeting, heaping and burning (burning twice)	Hectare	222-40		222-40	222-40	222-40
	b. preparation of stakes of 70 cms. Height including transport.	100 Nos.	3-10		3-10	3-10	3-10
	c. Aligning and staking at 2½ Mtrs. Spacing.	100 Nos.	3-40		3-40	3-40	3-40
	d. preparation of stumps including uprootal from beds and transport.	100 Nos.	3-40		3-40	3-40	3-40
	e. Planting stumps in crowbar holes.	100 Nos.	6-50		6-50	6-50	6-50
	f. I strip weeding 50 cms. On either side, side of planting line (August, September)	100 Nos.	4-90		4-90	4-90	4-90
	g. II strip weeding 50 cms. On either side of planting line (October, November)	100 Nos.	4-60		4-60	4-60	4-60
	h. III weeding and soil working to a radius of 50 cms X 15 cms depth (December, January)	100 Nos.	7-70		5-10	2-60	7-70
	i. Coppice cutting over the area	Hectare	63-70		63-70	63-70	63-70
42.	I year maintenance of Red sander planatation at 2 ½ mtr. Spacing. 100 rm
	a. I strip weeding 50 cms. 100 rm either side of planting line (July, August)		3-40		3-40	3-40	3-40
	b. II strips weeding 50 cms, on either side planting line (October, November)		2-80		2-80	2-80	2-80
	c. III weeding cum soil working to aradius of 50 cms, (October, November)	100 rm	7-70		7-70	5-10	7-70
	d. Coppice cutting over the area	Hectare	63-60		63-60	63-60	63-60
	NOTE: For third year maintenance of Red Sander plantation 2 ½ mtrs, spacing same rates as per item No.17.
43.	Raising Eucalyptus plantations 2 ½ mtrs. Spacement 1600 plants per hectare.
	a. planting in the pits.	100 Nos.		12-80	25-40	26-80	31-70
	b. weeding cum soil working (September, October)	100 Nos.		25-40	25-40	25-40	25-40
44.	Raising agave plantation
	a. Aligning or strong or guide pits	100 Nos.		4-90	4-90	4-90	4-90
	b. Dressing soucers i.e. clearing dead leave roots.	100 Nos.		1-80	1-80	1-80	1-80
	c. Planting suckers	100 Nos.		6-50	6-50	6-50	6-50
	d. I weeding-cum-soil working (September, October)	100 Nos.		11-10	11-10	11-10	11-10
	e. II weeding-cum-soil working (December)	100 Nos.		11-10	11-10	11-10	11-10
45.	Tamarind plantation at 10 Mtr. Spacing (100 plants per Hectare)
	a. Cutting of lines 2 M wide at 10 M apart from center to centre	100 rm.		6-50	6-50	6-50	3-25
	b. Cost of stakes of 0.70 cms. Height including transport	100 Nos.		3-80	3-80	3-80	1-90
	c. Aligning and staking at 10 Mtrs.	100 Nos.		6-50	6-50	6-50	6-50
	d. Filling back the pits and planting plants	100 Nos.		6-50	6-50	6-50	6-50
	e. Weeding-cum-soil working to a radius of 50 cms. Around the plants (September, October).	100 Nos.		50-80	50-80	50-80	50-80
	f. I weeding-cum-soil working at radius of 50 cms. Around the plants (December)	100 Nos.		50-80	50-80	50-80	50-80
	g. weeding-cum-soil working at radius of 50 cms. Around the plant including coppiece cutting	100 Nos		76-20	76-20	76-20	76-20
	h. Watering of plants from December, March 25 waterings	Plants watering		00-60	00-60	00-60	00-60
46.	Raising Babul plantation per 3 ½ Mtrs. Spacing (816 plants).	Per Hectare
	a. Clearing thorny growth wherever necessary	Per Hectare		95-50	95-50	95-50	95-50
	b. Aligning and staking	100 Nos.		2-10	2-10	2-10	2-10
	c. Planting container plant including refilling the pits and packing.	100 Nos.		17-40	17-40	17-40	17-40
	d. Watering thrice in month	100 Nos.		3-50	3-50	3-50	3-50
	e. I weeding-cum-soil working to a radius of 2 ½ Mtrs and 15 cms. Depth (September)	100 Nos.		25-40	25-40	25-40	25-40
	f. II weeding--cum-soil working to a radius of 2 ½ Mtrs and 15 cms. Depth (December).	100 Nos.		25-40	25-40	25-40	25-40
47.	Raising Avenue and Canal Bank plantation 12 Mtrs. Spacing.
	a. Aligning and staking including cost and transport of States.	100 Nos.		19-10	19-10	19-10	19-10
	b. Supply of farmyard manure distribution to pit site (1500 cft) labour component)	100 Nos.		31-90	31-90	31-90	31-90
	c. Refilling the pits with excavated soil and manure including planting.	100 Nos.		76-20	76-20	76-20	76-20
	d. Fencing with brush wood around the plants including cost conveyance of brushwood, etc. complete (radius of the fence for plant will be 0.50 mtrs.)	794-60		794-60	794-60	794-60	794-60
	e. Strengthening of the brush wood.	100 Nos.		635-20	635-20	635-20	635-20
	f. Mulching and soil working	100 Nos.		571-80	571-80	571-80	571-80
	g. Weeding and soil working around the plant.	100 Nos.		127-00	127-00	127-00	127-00
	h. Watering the plants by engaging carts 40 waterings.	100 per watering		137-20	137-20	137-20	137-20
48.	Soil and moisture conservation coupled with pasture development
	a. Aligning contrours at specified Intervals.	1000 rm		31-90	31-90	19-10	19-10
	b. Cutting, clearing the line 1 Mtrs width	1000 rm		63-60	63-60	50-80	50-80
	c. Forming mounds on the lower side of trench and furrows by breadking loads and making seed beds.	100 plants		25-40	25-40	19-10	19-10
	d. Refilling the trenches with dug up soil under grand system	100 Plants		19-10	19-10	19-10	19-10
	e. Sowing of seed in ‘V’ furrows and on the mounds of seed	100 plants		5-10	5-10	5-10	5-10
	f. Re-sowing of seed in ‘V’ furrows and on the mounds.	100 plants		2-60	2-60	2-60	2-60
	g. Planting container plants in the trenches at two in each trench one on either side of the trench	100 plants		12-80	12-80	12-80	12-80
	h. Planting stumps in trenches	100 plants		6-50	6-50	6-50	6-50
	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 (September, October)	100 plants		9-70	9-70	6-50	6-50
	j. 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)	100 plants		12-80	12-80	11-50	11-50
49.	Dibbing of playrahnute
	a. Packing and transport over distance of 30 Kms.			19-10	19-10	19-10	19-10
50.	Beedi leaf plucking operations.	Per 100 leaves		1-40	1-70	2-10	2-10
		Per 1000 leaves		13-90	16-20	18-50	18-50

NOTE:-

1. Where the payment is made on piece rate basis the wages of the employee 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. Wherever 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 wage periods.

4. Lower reaches means, plain areas, ordinary reaches means normal and accessible areas. Higher reaches meant steep hills and deep valleys or difficult and inaccessible areas.

5. Units adopted are per cubic meter i.e. Centimeter and quantity i.e. 100 or 1000 Nos. Kilometer and Hectare i.e. K.M.Hect. respectively.

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 of Nursery operations etc.,

7. The zones comprises of the following circles of forest Department.

Zone. I - Guntur, Kurnool and Ananthapur Circles.

Zone II - Visakhapatnam and Rajahmundry Circles.

Zone III - Warangal, Khammam and Adilabad Circles.

Zone IV - Hyderabad and Nizamabad Circles.

8. If any category of employees are paid other allowances, (i.e. other than notified basic wage) they shall continue to get the said allowances in addition to the notified basic wage.

B.DANAM,

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT