Issued by the Labour Commissionerate, Statistics Section, Government of West Bengal. The circular notifies revised minimum rates of wages for 31 scheduled employments, including: any establishment carrying out manufacturing activity under Section 2(k) of the Factories Act not covered by other scheduled employments; Automobile Engineering Repairing Workshops & Garages; Beverage Manufacturing & Vending Establishments; Biscuit Manufacturing; Bottling and Packaging Industry; Clinical Establishments; Confectionery and Sweets Manufacturing; Consumer Co-operative Societies; Courier Service; Engineering Units employing less than 50 persons; Establishments under the Shops & Establishments Act, 1963; Floor and Wall Tiles Manufacturing; Garments Manufacturing; Glass Industry; Hotels and Restaurants; Ice Cream and Candy Manufacturing; Ice Factory; Information Technology Industry; Jewellery Manufacturing; Laundries; Leather Goods Manufactory; Loading and Unloading Operations; Malls/Multiplexes/Departmental Stores; Manufacture of Rubber Products; Non-Banking Private Financial Institutions; Private Hospitals & Research Centres; Refractory Industry; Rolling of Iron Rods, Plates, Angles etc.; Saloons and Beauty Parlour; Security Services; and Wood Works and Furniture Industry.

Rates are provided by category (Unskilled, Semi-skilled, Skilled, Highly Skilled) for Zone A and Zone B, Per Month and Per Day, referencing individual Fixation/Revision Notifications and previous period Circular No. 07/Stat/14/RW/24/2023/LCS/JLC dated 09.01.2026, read with Labour Department Notification No. I/723462/2025/LABR-25099/31/2025-LWMW dated 15.12.2025. Zone A comprises Municipal Corporations, Municipalities, Notified Areas, Development Authorities, and Thermal Power Plant/Township Areas; Zone B comprises the rest of West Bengal. General conditions include: daily rate = monthly rate ÷ 26; weekly rate = daily rate × 6; normal working day of eight hours plus not less than half-hour recess, subject to 48 hours/week; one weekly rest day; double wages for rest-day/overtime work; protection of higher existing contractual rates; applicability to contract employees; equal rates for disabled persons and for men/women performing similar work; and that minimum wages with variable dearness allowance constitute the enforceable minimum wage under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.