MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI MUNI LALL)
(a) : Per capita emoluments of Public Sector employees in relation
to enterprises and increase in average all India Consumer Price
Index (1960 - 100) are given as follows:
Year Per Capita Emoluments Percentage increase in ( Rupees ) average Index
1990-91 49179 395.31 1991-92 56508 461.98 1992-93 64983 517.19 1993-94 72043 562.50 1994-95 82517 630.21 1995-96 106876 703.13 1996-97 110662 778.65 1997-98 129582 839.06 1998-99 138179 961.98 1999-2000 166592 998.44
The information on per capita real wages in respect of
private sector are not maintained.
(b) & (c) : The disparity in the public sector and private
sector is due to the difference in methods for determination of
wages adopted by these sectors. The wage structure in the public
sector is governed by the guidelines issued by the Department of
Public Enterprises from time to time. In the case of private
sector, there are no such guidelines and wages are determined by the
employers out of their own profit.
(d) : The percentage of wages to total current expenditure in the
public sector during 1998-99 was 23.88%.