State guide
Madhya Pradesh labour law compliance
Minimum wages, Professional Tax, the Labour Welfare Fund and holidays for employers with staff in Madhya Pradesh, on one page. Each figure comes from the notification or official page linked beside it.
Minimum wages
Madhya Pradesh'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 with VDA for 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027
Sets the minimum wages, including variable dearness allowance, for 67 scheduled employments and, in a separate schedule, for three textile, apparel and footwear employments, 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, Madhya Pradesh, Indore
- Issued:
- 30 September 2026
- Under:
- Minimum Wages Act, 1948
The 67 scheduled employments in Section B Skill level Per month, with VDA Per day, rounded Unskilled ₹12,575 ₹484 Semi-skilled ₹13,571 ₹522 Skilled ₹15,294 ₹588 Highly skilled ₹16,919 ₹651 Basic wage plus VDA of ₹3,000 a month (page 9 of the notification). The three textile, apparel and footwear employments in Section A have their own rates in the PDF.
This copy has 10 pages; the contents page lists schedules up to page 45, including daily-rated government workers, beedi and agarbatti.
Notification PDF · 10 pages, 1.3 MB · Hindi
Professional Tax
Professional Tax in Madhya Pradesh
A state levy that employers deduct from salaries and pay to the state, at the slabs of the state where the employee works.
Madhya Pradesh Vritti Kar Adhiniyam, 1995
| Up to ₹2,25,000 | Nil |
|---|---|
| ₹2,25,001 to ₹3,00,000 | ₹1,500 (₹125 a month) |
| ₹3,00,001 to ₹4,00,000 | ₹2,000 (₹166 a month) |
| Above ₹4,00,000 | ₹2,500 (₹208 a month) |
Due dates
Tax deducted is paid within 10 days of the end of the month. Returns are filed quarterly in Form 7, by the 15th of the month after the quarter.
Registration
Employers and other persons both take a certificate of registration, applied for online within 30 days of becoming liable. An employer applies in Form 1.
Bands are set on the year's salary and the tax is deducted monthly: ₹125, ₹166 or ₹208, with ₹174 or ₹212 in the twelfth month. These slabs apply from 1 April 2018.
Persons with a disability who hold a medical certificate are exempt, under a notification now extended to 31 March 2030.
Collected by: Commercial Tax
Official sources: MP Act 20 of 2018 (slabs); Act and Rules; Disability exemption to 2030. Read on 11 Oct 2026.
Labour Welfare Fund
Labour Welfare Fund in Madhya Pradesh
A small contribution from employees and employers to the state's welfare board, paid in the months the state's Act names.
Employee
₹10
Employer
₹50
Each half-year, per employee. Deducted from wages.
When it is due
- 15 July, for the half-year to June
- 15 January, for the half-year to December
Who is covered: The employer pays ₹50 under an amendment notified on 28 January 2025, with a minimum of ₹2,500 a half-year. Covers factories and establishments with more than 9 workers.
How to pay: Online, on the board's portal, with Form A.
Madhya Pradesh Shram Kalyan Nidhi Adhiniyam, 1982
Official source: Shram Kalyan Mandal, rates. Read on 11 Oct 2026.
Holidays
Holidays in Madhya Pradesh
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
Madhya Pradesh'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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