The has hiked the minimum wages of daily wage workers from Rs 210 to Rs 300 per day in the past four years, said Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while presiding over a meeting with the representatives of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) here yesterday.
He said that the government would also ensure that industrial units pay adequate wages to their workers. ASHA and anganwari workers had done excellent work during the Covid pandemic. As a result, Himachal Pradesh emerged as the first state in the country to achieve a target of 100 per cent first dose vaccination. Now, the state was about to achieve 100 per cent vaccination of the eligible Population, he added.
Thakur said the government had enhanced the honorarium for ASHA workers by Rs 1,750 in the past four years, besides enhancing the honorarium of anganwari workers by Rs 2,850 per month.