State guide
Chhattisgarh labour law compliance
Minimum wages, Professional Tax, the Labour Welfare Fund and holidays for employers with staff in Chhattisgarh, on one page. Each figure comes from the notification or official page linked beside it.
Minimum wages
Chhattisgarh's latest notification
Read from the notification itself, with its PDF. Headline rates appear only where one clear table covers the state's employments and the notification is still current.
Minimum wages · VDALatest
Minimum wages and VDA for 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027
Sets the variable dearness allowance and the revised rates for 45 scheduled employments, in zones A, B and C, and for agriculture, from the all-India consumer price index for January to June 2026.
In force from
1 October 2026
Until 31 March 2027
- Issued by:
- Office of the Labour Commissioner, Chhattisgarh, Nava Raipur
- Issued:
- 8 October 2026
- Under:
- Minimum Wages Act, 1948
Notification PDF · 36 pages, 1.8 MB · HindiZone A: Raipur, Durg, Bhilai, Bhilai-Charoda and Birgaon municipal corporations and 16 km around them, all industrial areas and growth centres, Atal Nagar, and factories licensed for 300 or more workers Skill level Per day, with VDA Per month, with VDA Unskilled ₹444 ₹11,534.48 Semi-skilled ₹469 ₹12,184.48 Skilled ₹499 ₹12,964.48 Highly skilled ₹529 ₹13,744.48 Zone B: Rajnandgaon, Bilaspur, Korba, Raigarh, Ambikapur, Jagdalpur, Chirmiri and Dhamtari municipal corporations and 8 km around them Skill level Per day, with VDA Per month, with VDA Unskilled ₹434 ₹11,274.48 Semi-skilled ₹459 ₹11,924.48 Skilled ₹489 ₹12,704.48 Highly skilled ₹519 ₹13,484.48 Zone C: all other areas Skill level Per day, with VDA Per month, with VDA Unskilled ₹424 ₹11,014.48 Semi-skilled ₹449 ₹11,664.48 Skilled ₹479 ₹12,444.48 Highly skilled ₹509 ₹13,224.48 Basic wage plus VDA for the 45 scheduled employments in Part I (Schedule B, page 13 of the notification). Agriculture and the other employments have their own rates in the PDF.
Professional Tax
Professional Tax in Chhattisgarh
A state levy that employers deduct from salaries and pay to the state, at the slabs of the state where the employee works.
Not covered on this site yet
We have not yet checked Chhattisgarh's Professional Tax position on an official page. Ask us before you deduct or skip it.
Labour Welfare Fund
Labour Welfare Fund in Chhattisgarh
A small contribution from employees and employers to the state's welfare board, paid in the months the state's Act names.
A fund runs here; figures not yet confirmed on an official page
₹15 from the employee and ₹45 from the employer each half-year, due by 15 July and 15 January.
Holidays
Holidays in Chhattisgarh
Three national holidays fall on the same dates everywhere. Festival holidays are set by each state's law and chosen by the employer from the state's list.
- 26JanRepublic DayTuesday 26 January 2027
- 15AugIndependence DaySunday 15 August 2027
- 2OctGandhi JayantiSaturday 2 October 2027
State holiday list not covered on this site yet
Chhattisgarh's festival holiday list and its holiday law are not on this site yet. Festival dates move every year, so last year's list is no guide.
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