Telangana hikes minimum wages for workers, ranges between ₹16,000 to ₹20,000

Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers THEdge At the cutting edge of education and careers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there Gender Agenda Stories from beyond the binary. The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. Updated - May 21, 2026 03:19 pm IST - HYDERABAD Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy along with Minister for Labour and Employment G. Vivek Venkatswamy addressing a press conference at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat, in Hyderabad on Thursday (May 21, 2026) | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced a major decision on revising minimum wages for workers in Telangana breaking the workers into four categories and into three zones in the State. The Chief Minister said the decision would benefit 1.11 crore workers across the State and would come into effect from June 1, 2026. Addressing the media at a press conference held at the State Secretariat in Hyderabad on Thursday (May 21, 2026) along with Labour Minister G. Vivek, he said the government has classified workers into four categories — unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and highly skilled. The state has also been divided into three zones for determining minimum wages. Zone-1 includes Municipal Corporations, Zone-2 covers Municipalities, while Zone-3 consists of rural areas. Under the revised structure, the minimum wage for unskilled workers has been increased from ₹12,750 to ₹16,000. For semi-skilled workers, wages have been raised from ₹13,152 to ₹17,000. Skilled workers will now receive ₹18,500 instead of ₹13,772, while highly skilled workers’ wages have been increased from ₹14,607 to ₹20,000. Describing it as the first major decision for workers’ welfare since the formation of Telangana, the Chief Minister alleged that the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government had neglected its responsibility, whereas the present government had acted responsibly to protect workers’ interests. Recalling veteran labour leader G. Venkataswamy, the Chief Minister said Minister Vivek Venkataswamy was carrying forward his legacy by taking progressive decisions for workers’ welfare. The Chief Minister also advised youth to move beyond the mindset of focusing only on IT jobs and opportunities in the United States. He said education without employment or livelihood opportunities was meaningless. Stressing the importance of technical skills, he noted that countries such as Germany, Japan and Singapore offered vast employment opportunities. The State government had established a Skills University to encourage youth in that direction and urged them to focus on skill-based education and employment opportunities. Copyright© 2026, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. Terms & conditions | Institutional Subscriber Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.

Telangana hikes minimum wages for workers, ranges between ₹16,000 to ₹20,000

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