Top 10 States/UTs with highest average wages paid per day to semi-skilled convicts in 2013

The average wages paid per day to semi-skilled convicts differ amongst various states/UTs. The average wages paid per day to semi-skilled convicts in India in 2013 was Rs. 46.58.

The top 10 states/UTs paying the highest wages to the semi-skilled convicts were: Puducherry with Rs. 160 (which was 343.5% of the all India average wage paid to semi-skilled convicts i.e. Rs. 46.58); Bihar with Rs. 87 (which was 186.78% of the all India average wage); Delhi with Rs. 81 (which was 173.89% of the all India average wage); Karnataka with Rs. 80 (which was 171.75% of the all India average wage); Tamil Nadu with Rs. 80 (which was 171.75% of the all India average wage); Goa with Rs. 60 (which was 128.81% of the all India average wage); Meghalaya with Rs. 60 (which was 128.81% of the all India average wage); Andhra Pradesh with Rs. 50 (which was 107.34% of the all India average wage); Chandigarh with Rs. 50 (which was 107.34% of the all India average wage) and Uttarakhand with Rs. 40 (which was 85.87% of the all India average wage).

The 5 states/UTs paying the lowest wages to the semi-skilled convicts were: Haryana with Rs. 25; Jammu and Kashmir with Rs. 24; Tripura with Rs. 21; Mizoram with Rs. 12 and Manipur with Rs. 10.

Note: Prison Statistics India 2013, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).