What are Zones-I, II & III in Maharashtra under The Minimum Wages Act, 1948

Zones in Maharashtra under The Minimum Wages Act, 1948

Many of us are confused and question arise relating to what meant by Zones in Maharashtra under The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 for deciding wages for different categories of workers.

Therefore, as per The Maharashtra Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Zones in Maharashtra are as follows:

Before Talking about Zones lets understand the different Group that are included in Zones which will make more easy to understand this different zones.  

Five Groups:

Maharashtra state has been classified into groups A, B, C, D and D+ according to industrial development.

Group A: Includes developed areas, viz. Mumbai Metropolitan Region  and Pune Metropolitan Region.

Group B: Includes areas where some development has taken place.

Group C: Includes areas, which are less developed than those at Group B.

Group D: Includes the lesser-developed areas of the State not covered under Group A, Group B, Group C.

Group D+: Includes those least developed areas not covered under Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D.

Zone I: Comprise all areas falling within the limits of all ‘A’ and ‘B’ class Municipal Corporations.

Zone II: Comprise all areas falling within the limits of all ‘C’ and ‘D’ class Municipal Corporation and ‘A’ class of Municipal Councils and Cantonment areas.

Zone III: Comprise all other areas in the state, which are not included in Zone I and Zone II.

Hope this small information is useful for you to understand the Zone in Maharashtra for Minimum Wages.