Kejriwal Announces 50% Hike In Minimum Wages For Workers In Delhi, Says This Will Boost Economy

Inasmuch as Kejriwal has already done for the capital under the reign of AAP, he hasn¡¯t bagged any admiration - only condemnation. Anyway, for what it¡¯s worth, Kejriwal is a man of umpteen initiatives, regardless of its outcomes.

In a recent proposal, Kejriwal announced a 50% hike in the minimum wages of workers. On 15th August, the New Delhi Chief Minister came out with a rather rock-solid proposal of increasing the minimum wages for the Capital¡¯s workforce by 50%, underscoring his government¡¯s push for economic parity in a growing rich-poor divide.

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In his speech, he strongly objected to the current situation and said that now ¡°policies that take care of only the super-rich won¡¯t work and the government should take care of the poor too¡±.

While delivering a speech on the occasion of 69th Independence Day at Chhatrasal Stadium, Kejriwal said that the cabinet will clear this proposal by the end of this week, asserting that in such an environment, policies that only work for the rich won¡¯t work. He went further by explaining how the government is made of both ¡ª the rich and the poor, thus the policy.

As per the government's proposal, the minimum wages for the unskilled person will be Rs 14,052 against the existing Rs 9,568 in the national capital. Besides, the same for semi-skilled and skilled persons will increase from Rs 10,582 to Rs 15,471 and from Rs 11,622 to 17,033 respectively.

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Addressing the concerns of traders, industrialists, and businessmen, he said that this move will only boost the economy and there¡¯s absolutely nothing that they should be worried about. He said that in the current scenario, the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer, and those who have less in life must have more in law.

A 13-member committee sat upon this proposal last week to finalise the minimum wages for all classes ¨C unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled. The report was then submitted to the Labour minister and further actions will be taken from there on.

The chief minister further added that more money in the pockets of the poor would strengthen the economy.