Accordingly, the national minimum monthly wage in the private sector, which has so far been twenty-one thousand rupees per month, will be increased to twenty-seven thousand rupees per month from this year according to the budget proposals, and the national minimum daily wage will be increased from seven hundred to one thousand eighty rupees, the Ministry of Labor states.
The current national minimum monthly wage paid to the private sector is Rs. 21,000.The payment was made as a combination of Rs. 17,500 paid under the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act No. 48 of 2024, a Budget Relief Allowance of Rs. 1,000 paid under the Budget Relief Allowance Act No. 36 of 2005, and a Budget Relief Allowance of Rs. 2,500 paid under the Budget Relief Allowance Act No. 4 of 2016.
