The Code on Wages (Bihar) Rules, 2026
Rule 3. Manner of calculating the minimum rate of wages
Official text
(1) for the purposes of sub-section (5) of section 6 of the Code, the minimum rate of wages shall be fixed on the day basis keeping in view the following criteria, namely: -(I) the standard working class family which includes a spouse and two children apart from the earning worker; an equivalent of three adult consumption units; (II) A net intake of 2700 calories per day per consumption unit; (III) 66 meters cloth per year per standard working class family; (IV) Housing rent expenditure to constitute 10 per cent of food and clothing expenditure;
(V) Fuel, electricity, digital communication expense and other miscellaneous items of expenditure to constitute 20 percent of minimum wage; and (VI) Expenditure on education of children, medical requirements, recreation, and contingencies to constitute 25 percent of the minimum wage; or
(2) Where the rate of wages is fixed on a daily basis, the daily wage shall, in the case of a six-day working week, be divided by eight to determine the hourly wage rate and multiplied by twenty-six to determine the monthly wage rate. While making such calculations, any fraction of one-half or more shall be rounded off to the next whole number, and any fraction below one-half shall be ignored. Where the rate of wages is fixed on a daily basis, and the establishment follows a five-day or four-day working week, the monthly wage rate shall be calculated by multiplying the daily wage by twenty-six, provided that the worker or employee completes forty-eight hours of work in a week.
(3) The recommendation(s) of the Advisory Board for the fixation of minimum wages may also take into account the arduousness of work, like temperature or humidity or hazardous occupations or processes, dangerous operations, or underground works, as well as the Consumer Price Index notified by the Labour Bureau, Government of India.
(4)The State Government shall not fix the minimum wages below the Floor Wages fixed by the Central Government under section 9 of the Code on Wage, 2019.