Bengaluru: Karnataka may become the leading state in India for offering the highest minimum wages for both skilled and unskilled laborers. A formal notification regarding the wage revision is expected to be issued within the next two weeks.

The state's current minimum wages, as per a notification from 2022 by the Labour Department, range between Rs 12,000 and Rs 20,000 per month. Karnataka is home to approximately 1.7 crore workers across various sectors, both organised and unorganised, as reported by The New Indian Express.

The draft notification on wage revision will be presented before the Karnataka Minimum Wage Advisory Board, which will then recommend wages for various categories, The New Indian Express report stated while quoting its sources. These recommendations may be either accepted or modified by the state government.

Trade unions have been demanding for a substantial increase in the minimum wage, calling for it to rise to Rs 35,000 per month.

Labour Minister Santosh Lad clarified that the minimum wage revision has not yet been finalised. He mentioned that the proposal has to be kept before the board for approval.

Lad noted that they need to follow certain parameters before finalising the new wages, adding that they are hoping to finish this task within 15 days.

“When we finalise the wages, we consider the demands of employers as well as workers. We are going to revise the existing wages. With the revision, Karnataka’s minimum wages are expected to be the highest in India,’’ TNIE quoted a source as saying.

Currently, Delhi has the highest minimum wages in India, ranging from Rs 17,000 to Rs 23,000 per month.

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Patna (PTI): Union minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday said he felt "sorry to support" the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, charging it with failure to control the law and order situation in the state.

Paswan, who heads the LJP (Ram Vilas) -- a constituent of the BJP-led NDA, was talking to reporters in Patna before leaving for Gayaji, where he is scheduled to address a rally.

"I have heard claims that the recent spurt in violent crimes is linked to the upcoming assembly polls, and there are attempts to defame this government. Still, it is the responsibility of the administration to keep the law and order situation under control. I feel sorry to support a government which is failing on this count," said the Hajipur MP.

"The situation in the state has become scary. The administrative failure is being blamed on both rank incompetence and connivance with criminals," he added.

Paswan claimed that almost every day, incidents of murder, kidnapping, dacoity and rape are being reported from the state

"Authorities concerned have miserably failed to check the deteriorating law and order situation in the state. Law and order have collapsed. The situation is almost out of control. It needs to be checked immediately," he said.

Paswan's comments are expected to give ammunition to the RJD-led opposition, which is attacking the Nitish Kumar government over the spate of crimes that have rocked the state over the last few months.

Elections would be due in the state later this year.