{
  "id": 489312,
  "title": "Maharashtra Orders Implementation Of Revised Minimum Wages For Beedi Workers, Arrears Recovery Begins",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/maharashtra-orders-implementation-of-revised-minimum-wages-for-beedi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T17:15:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/maharashtra-orders-implementation-of-revised-minimum-wages-for-beedi-workers-arrears-recovery-begins"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has directed the immediate implementation of revised minimum wages for beedi workers and ordered authorities to begin the process of recovering wage arrears and the difference in wages, Labour Minister Akash Fundkar said. The move follows sustained efforts by Fundkar to resolve the long-pending issue of minimum wages for workers in the tobacco and beedi…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}