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Minimum Wages Madhya Pradesh
Minimum Wages in Madhya Pradesh
The current minimum wages in MP, fixed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and notified by the Labour Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh notifies basic rates with a variable dearness allowance revised twice a year.
Start with the notified daily rate for the worker’s scheduled employment and skill category. Monthly wages are that daily rate multiplied by the monthly divisor; annual is the monthly figure times twelve. Whether Madhya Pradesh pays a consolidated rate or basic plus a dearness allowance is set by the notification itself, and it matters: a basic-only calculation underpays every worker on the sheet where a separate allowance applies.
A normal working day is nine hours and a normal week is 48 hours with one weekly rest day. Work beyond either limit is overtime at 2× the ordinary rate. Where a worker is employed for part of a wage period, wages are payable proportionately for the days actually worked.
The mistake to avoid: derive the overtime hourly rate from the full notified wage, including any dearness allowance, not from the basic figure alone. Overtime computed on basic is one of the two most common underpayments, alongside misclassification.
Madhya Pradesh minimum wage calculator
Live results, no sign-up. Enter the notified daily rate from the official notification for the worker’s employment and skill category.
Skill-Wise Classification of Employees in Madhya Pradesh
Classification follows the nature of the work actually performed, not the job title on the appointment letter. Misclassification is the most common cause of underpayment claims: a worker doing skilled work on a semi-skilled designation is owed the difference for every wage period, and the designation is no defence.
Act on this: hold the skill category as a field on the employee master, not just inside the job title, and review it whenever duties change. The register of workers has to show the category, and an inspector will compare it against what people are actually doing on the floor.
Employer Compliance for Minimum Wages in Madhya Pradesh
Minimum wages in Madhya Pradesh apply to every worker in a scheduled employment notified by the state government. There is no small-establishment exemption – headcount does not decide coverage, the scheduled employment does. Contract workers are covered on the same footing as directly employed workers, and where a contractor underpays, the principal employer carries the liability. A signed agreement at a lower figure is void to that extent.
Records an inspection actually examines
Wage register with the rate, days worked, overtime and wages paid per wage period.
Register of workers recording the skill category against each name, kept current.
Wage slips per wage period, showing basic and any allowance as separate lines.
Attendance and overtime records, with overtime logged on the day it was worked.
Rate notice displayed at the workplace, refreshed at each revision.
A declared wage period of not more than one month, paid by a permitted mode with proof retained.
Penalty for Not Paying Minimum Wages in Madhya Pradesh
Underpayment exposes an employer to recovery of the shortfall for the whole affected period, compensation on top, and prosecution. Because rates revise on a cycle, an unnoticed notification quietly builds arrears across every worker until it is caught – and the arrears usually cost more than the fine.
Act on this: reconcile the wage sheet against the current notification at every revision date, and keep the superseded notification on file. Arrears claims and inspector queries both reach back into wage periods you have already closed.
How Minimum Wages in Madhya Pradesh Are Fixed and Revised
Minimum wages in Madhya Pradesh are fixed by the Labour Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, read with the Madhya Pradesh Minimum Wages Rules. The state sets a rate for each scheduled employment and skill category, and revises it in line with movement in the cost-of-living index. The revision frequency, the index period and the CPI point value behind the current rates are stated in the notification itself.
Act on this: once the revision cycle is confirmed, put those months in the payroll calendar and hold the affected runs for a rate check before disbursement. Notifications frequently reach employers after the effective date, which turns a routine rate change into an arrears calculation.
Effective From
Notified On
Unskilled / Day
Change
Arrears for a closed wage period are worked out from the rate that was in force then, not the current one. That’s why each notification is listed with its own effective date.
Minimum Wages in Madhya Pradesh vs Other States
States differ in structure as well as amount – some notify a consolidated rate, others a basic figure plus a dearness allowance that moves separately. That structural difference is what makes a like-for-like comparison misleading, and why a wage band copied across states rarely holds.
State / Benchmark
Unskilled / Day
Structure
Madhya Pradesh
–
Consolidated or basic + allowance — read the structure off the state notification.
National Floor Wage
–
Advisory floor, not directly enforceable on employers.
Chhattisgarh
–
Set by its own state notification.
Maharashtra
–
Set by its own state notification.
Rajasthan
–
Set by its own state notification.
Act on this: a single all-India wage band will underpay in some states and overpay in others, and the underpayment is the one that creates liability. Hold rates per state, per zone and per skill category, and let the notification drive the rate.
Current Minimum Wages in Madhya Pradesh for 2026
The table below sets out the minimum wages of Madhya Pradesh by skill category. Read the figure for the worker’s scheduled employment and skill category – a rate carried over from a superseded notification creates arrears from the effective date.
Minimum wages in Madhya Pradesh by skill category, effective 01 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, as notified by the Labour Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh. Monthly figures are as notified; per-day is the monthly rate ÷ 26 and per-year is the monthly rate × 12.
Skill Category
Per Day
Per Month
Per Year
Unskilled
₹477.88
₹12,425
₹1,49,100
Semi-skilled
₹516.19
₹13,421
₹1,61,052
Skilled
₹582.46
₹15,144
₹1,81,728
Highly skilled
₹645.00
₹16,769
₹2,01,228
Daily Wage Rate in Indore and Other Cities
Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Gwalior follow the state minimum wages in Madhya Pradesh for their scheduled employment and skill category. Where the state applies a zone or area classification, the workplace address decides which zone applies, and that zone sets the rate – so establish it before the figure.
Minimum Wages in Gujarat - FAQs
What are the latest minimum wages in Madhya Pradesh?
The rates applicable from the current notification are published in the official Labour Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh notification. Download it from this page and read the rate for your scheduled employment and skill category directly from it, then apply the monthly divisor to derive the monthly figure.
How often are minimum wages in MP revised?
Madhya Pradesh revises minimum wages periodically under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. The revision cycle and the next due date are stated in the current notification. Subscribe to revision alerts on this page so the next one reaches your payroll team on the day it is issued rather than a quarter later.
Who is covered under minimum wages in Madhya Pradesh?
Every worker in a scheduled employment notified by the Government of Madhya Pradesh is covered. There is no small-establishment exemption, so headcount does not decide coverage — the scheduled employment does. Contract workers are covered on the same footing as directly employed workers in the same employment and skill category.
What are the current minimum wages in MP for unskilled workers?
Madhya Pradesh sets the unskilled rate per scheduled employment, with a variable dearness allowance added on top of the basic figure. Read both components from the current notification. Apply the basic rate and the current VDA together, never the basic alone.
How is the monthly figure derived from the minimum wage per day in Madhya Pradesh?
Multiply the notified daily rate by the monthly divisor, then multiply that by twelve for the annual figure. The divisor matters — states use either 26 or 30, and the choice changes the monthly figure materially, so take it from the notification. Use the calculator on this page once you have the notified rate.
Are contract workers covered by minimum wages in Madhya Pradesh?
Yes. Contract workers are entitled to the same notified rate as directly employed workers in the same scheduled employment and skill category. If the contractor underpays, the principal employer is liable for the shortfall, and a signed contract at a lower figure is void to that extent.
Let payroll hold the rates instead of a spreadsheet
Super Payroll holds state and UT rates against each employee’s skill category, flags roles that fall below a new notification, and recalculates arrears for the affected wage periods. Contract Labour Management does the same for contractor headcount, so an invoice below the notified rate is caught before it is approved.
Alpesh Vaghasiya is the Co-founder and CEO of Superworks, a smart business management solution that Indian SMBs and large enterprises use to run attendance, payroll, and statutory compliance from a single system. He has spent over 15 years building software out of Surat, founding Artoon Solutions, now a 350+ person product engineering firm serving clients across 30+ countries, in 2009, before launching Superworks in 2020.
His writing comes from the operator's side of compliance - what actually breaks when payroll has to absorb a minimum wage revision, reconcile attendance across multiple sites, or file returns under different state rules in the same month. A Charter Member of TiE Surat and an active angel investor in early-stage Indian startups, he holds a B.E. in Computer Engineering from Gujarat University.
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