What should be the reasonable ratio between the minimum and the maximum of a pay scale?
No minimum wage to be linked with productivity. Salary, both in Government and Private sector linked with i) Job orientation, ii)Basic knowledge to perform the job, iii)Skill ness, iv)Environment of working place, v) Security of service, vi)Effect on health etc. So minimum wage cant be linked to a hypothetical ratio to the maximum .The basic theory to be adopted is how much minimum calorie is required by a adult in a day and what would be the prevailing cost according to the market. Then, if we consider that the family member ratio is 1:4, then this minimum cost will be multiplied by 4 x 30. Next minimum daily expenditure required per family to cover up the minimum needs which is assumed to be supplied by Government will be added to it and this figure would be converted into pay scale to get the bare minimum pay by an employee. So arbitrarily fixation of minimum and maximum cant solve the motto of Pay Commission. But in consideration to last i.e. Vth Central Pay Commission , 33 pay sca
