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The Labour and Skills Department has announced revised minimum wages for household workers. For one-hour of household work, including washing of clothes, dishes, cleaning up of surroundings and cooking, the wage has been fixed as Rs.37.50. For every succeeding hour, the wage will be Rs.22.50. The minimum daily wage for eight hour work is Rs.195 and the monthly wage is Rs.5,070. For taking care of babies, the elderly, differently abled and patients, the minimum daily wage has been fixed as Rs.201 and monthly wage as Rs.5,226. For drivers and gardeners, the wages have been fixed as Rs.219 daily and Rs.5,694 monthly. For security and watchmen, the daily wage will be Rs.213 and monthly Rs.5,538.
