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Minimum wages in Tripura are fixed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and notified by the Directorate of Labour, Government of Tripura. The latest revision of minimum wages and VDA took effect from 01 April 2026 under Notification No. F.22(74)-LAB/ENF/MW/SHOPS/2022/660-77, covering shops and establishments. Rates apply across the state by standard skill categories.
The short answer From 01 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, minimum wages in Tripura for shops and commercial establishments are ₹8,077 a month for unskilled work, ₹8,860 for semi-skilled and ₹9,909 for skilled. Each figure is basic plus VDA. Only three grades are notified for this category – there is no highly skilled tier in the shops and establishments schedule, though one exists in other schedules such as hotels and restaurants. Tripura notifies no geographic zones, so a single statewide rate applies. The governing order is Notification No. F.22(74)-LAB/ENF/MW/SHOPS/2022/660-77.
Identify the scheduled employment your establishment falls under, place each worker in the applicable skill category, and read the notified rate together with the current VDA. Where a rate is notified daily, the monthly equivalent is the daily figure multiplied by 26; where it is notified monthly, divide by 26 for the daily figure. Overtime is paid at twice the ordinary rate of wages.
The mistake to avoid: treating the display requirement as optional. The Tripura notification is explicit that the wage revision circular must be printed and displayed prominently at the entrance to the premises. A missing notice is a visible, immediate finding at inspection — and it is the first thing an inspector sees before any register is opened.
How to apply the Tripura schedule
Step 1 – confirm the scheduled employment your establishment falls under
Step 2 – place each worker in the applicable skill category
Step 3 – read the notified rate and the current VDA from the notification
Step 4 – monthly = daily × 26 · overtime = ordinary hourly rate × 2
Step 5 – print the revision circular and display it at the entrance to the premises
Tripura applies the standard skill definitions used across Indian jurisdictions. Classification turns on the degree of training and independent judgment the work requires rather than on qualifications held or the designation on the appointment letter, and it must be revisited whenever a role’s duties change permanently.
Act on this: record the skill category against each worker in the register alongside the scheduled employment. In a small state where the covered workforce sits largely in shops, establishments and small units, inspection tends to be thorough rather than sampled.
Minimum wages in Tripura apply to workers in the scheduled employments notified by the state government, and coverage does not depend on headcount. Shops and commercial establishments, construction, transport, hospitality, plantations and services account for most covered employment in the state. Contract workers are covered on the same footing as directly employed staff, and where a contractor pays below the notified rate the principal employer carries the liability. Any agreement to accept less is void to that extent.
Paying below the notified rate exposes an employer to recovery of the shortfall for the whole affected period, compensation on top, and prosecution. Under the Code on Wages, 2019 a first offence attracts a fine of up to ₹50,000, and a repeat offence within five years can mean up to three months imprisonment and a fine of up to ₹1 lakh. Claims reach back three years, and the burden of showing that the correct wage was paid rests with the employer.
Act on this: print and display the circular the day the revision lands, not at the next audit. It costs nothing, it satisfies an explicit requirement of the notification, and it is the single most visible piece of evidence that your establishment tracks revisions at all.
The Directorate of Labour, Government of Tripura fixes and revises minimum wages under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, notifying rates together with the Variable Dearness Allowance. The revision effective 01 April 2026 was issued under Notification No. F.22(74)-LAB/ENF/MW/SHOPS/2022/660-77 for shops and establishments. Tripura publishes its notifications departmentally, so employers tracking revisions through national compliance sources rather than the Directorate’s own publications will often see them late.
Act on this: bookmark the Directorate of Labour’s minimum wages page and check it at fixed intervals. Small states do not feature prominently in the national compliance press, and an absence of news is not evidence that the schedule has not moved.
Notification position for minimum wages in Tripura.
| Effective From | Notification | Structure | Unskilled / Month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr 2026 – 30 Sep 2026 | F.22(74)-LAB/ENF/MW/SHOPS/2022/660-77 | Basic + VDA, three grades, no zones | ₹8,077 |
| Earlier revisions | — | To be filled from the Directorate of Labour archive | — |
| Other scheduled employments | — | Separately notified; hotels and restaurants carry a highly skilled grade | — |
Figures are for shops and commercial establishments. Other scheduled employments carry their own notifications and may include a highly skilled grade. Cross-verified against compliance-maintained datasets, July 2026. Always confirm against the official notification of the relevant State Labour Department before finalizing payroll.
Tripura sits at the lower end of the national wage range, alongside the other smaller North Eastern states and Bihar. Structurally the schedule is straightforward – standard skill categories, notified with VDA, no zone split – which places the compliance burden on classification and record-keeping rather than on geography.
Structure comparison. Tripura figures are to be filled from the current notification; comparison figures are to be filled from each state’s own notification.
| State / Benchmark | Unskilled / Day | Structure |
|---|---|---|
| Tripura | ₹310.65 | Basic ₹7,123 + VDA ₹954 a month, statewide, no zones |
| Meghalaya | ₹555 | Basic ₹525 + VDA ₹30 a day, no zones, 29 scheduled employments |
| Assam | ₹398.23 | Basic ₹7,200 + VDA ₹3,154 a month, statewide, no zones |
| Bihar | ₹436 | Single daily rate inclusive of VDA, statewide |
| West Bengal — Zone A | ₹406 | Consolidated monthly rate ₹10,558, two zones |
| National Floor Wage | — | Advisory floor; where a state rate falls below it, the higher figure applies |
Act on this: benchmark against the Central National Floor Wage as well as the state notification. In the lower-wage states the two figures can converge, and where the floor is higher it is the one that governs.
The table below sets out minimum wages in Tripura for shops and commercial establishments, effective 01 April 2026 to 30 September 2026. Figures are as notified per month; daily figures are derived at the standard 26-day divisor. A single statewide rate applies – Tripura notifies no geographic zones.
| Skill Category | Basic / Month | VDA / Month | Total / Month | Total / Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Un-skilled | ₹7,123 | ₹954 | ₹8,077 | ₹310.65 |
| Semi-skilled | ₹7,814 | ₹1,046 | ₹8,860 | ₹340.77 |
| Skilled | ₹8,739 | ₹1,170 | ₹9,909 | ₹381.12 |
| Highly Skilled | — | — | — | Not notified for shops & establishments |
Source: Directorate of Labour, Government of Tripura – Notification No. F.22(74)-LAB/ENF/MW/SHOPS/2022/660-77, minimum wages with VDA effective 01 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, for shops and commercial establishments. Only three grades are notified for this category. Cross-verified against compliance-maintained datasets, July 2026. Always confirm against the official notification of the relevant State Labour Department before finalizing payroll.
Tripura does not operate a lettered wage zone structure. Rates are notified against skill category for each scheduled employment and apply across the state.
Tripura notifies minimum wages by skill category and scheduled employment rather than by city, so there is no separate Agartala rate. Establishments in Agartala, Udaipur, Dharmanagar, Kailashahar, Belonia and the rural blocks all read from the same schedule for their scheduled employment. Agartala accounts for most of the state’s shops and commercial establishments and therefore most of the covered workforce, but the notified figure it applies is the same one that reaches a shop in a district town.
Tripura revised its minimum wages and VDA with effect from 01 April 2026 under Notification No. F.22(74)-LAB/ENF/MW/SHOPS/2022/660-77, issued by the Directorate of Labour for shops and establishments. Rates are notified against the standard skill categories — take the current figures from the notification itself before setting payroll.
The Directorate of Labour, Government of Tripura, under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. Notifications are published departmentally rather than through the national compliance press, so employers tracking revisions through third-party sources will often see them late.
No. Tripura does not operate a lettered zone structure. The same schedule applies in Agartala, Udaipur, Dharmanagar and the rural blocks. What changes the applicable rate is the scheduled employment and the worker’s skill category.
Yes. The notification requires employers to print the wage revision circular and display it prominently at the entrance to the office or factory premises so that all employees can easily read it. For a multi-site employer that means a copy at each location, not one at head office.
Where a rate is notified daily, multiply by 26 for the monthly equivalent; where it is notified monthly, divide by 26 for the daily figure. Overtime is paid at twice the ordinary rate, derived by dividing the daily rate by the hours in the normal working day.
Yes. Contract workers are entitled to the same notified rate as directly employed staff in the same scheduled employment and skill category. Where a contractor pays below the floor, the principal employer is liable for the shortfall, and an agreement at a lower figure is void to that extent.
Alpesh Vaghasiya (CEO)
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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