The wages of nearly 42,000 workforce of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) are set to go up as the tenth meeting of the Joint Bipartite Committee for Coal Industry (JBCCI)-XI held in Kolkata on Saturday arrived at an agreement in the matter of wage structure with fitment benefits, fringe benefits, service conditions, welfare, safety, social security and other related matters.
According to sources, the Coal India Ltd (CIL) management and the five central trade unions — AITUC, INTUC, CITU, BMS and HMS — signed the wage revision pact for finalisation of National Coal Wage Agreement (NCWA)-XI.
All allowances, including washing and nursing allowances, are expected to increase 25%. Underground allowance shall be 11.25% of revised basic as on July 1, 2021 and the revised UG allowance will be paid with effect from July, 2021.
The agreement envisages the revised minimum wage for the lowest paid employee on surface in the companies covered by the pact shall be ₹43,677.45 per month at the All India Average Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers at 7,819, sources added.
(NCWA)-XI will be effective from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026 — a period of five years. The agreement shall cover all categories of employees in CIL and its subsidiaries and the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL).
CIL Chairman Pramod Agrawal presided over the meeting. SCCL Director (Finance, PA&W) N. Balram, CITU representative Manda Narasimha Rao, BMS representatives K. Lakshma Reddy and P. Madhava Nayak, AITUC leader V. Seetharamaiah, INTUC leader B. Janakprasad and others attended the meeting.
