Jammu, May 18 -- Ladakh lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has approved a hike in wages of daily, part-time, seasonal and need-based workers engaged by the administration to Rs.575 per day from Rs.450 per day, officials said.

According to the official release, the move will benefit thousands of workers who have been earning as little as Rs.300 to Rs.500 per month for several years.

Many of them have been working for more than 10 to 15 years for such low wages.

The revised wages have been rationalised as per the Centre's Minimum Wages Act.

Under the new wage rationalisation framework, the workers will be categorised into 'unskilled' and 'skilled' workers.

According to the new wage matrix, the skilled workers will be paid wages at ...