<p>Stray incidents of violence were reported from Noida on Tuesday, a day after thousands of workers of different private companies went on the rampage demanding increase in wages, overtime payment and other benefits, setting ablaze vehicles, damaging properties and indulging in heavy stone pelting.</p><p>According to the police sources here, more than 300 people were taken into custody in connection with violence and efforts were on to identify the trouble mongers and apprehend them.</p>.After massive protest in Noida, Uttar Pradesh govt hikes minimum wages across categories.<p>Additional companies of RAF and PAC were rushed to Noida as security personnel staged flag marches in the affected areas to instill confidence among the people.</p><p>According to the sources here, a high level meeting was held late on Monday night in which it was decided to increase the minimum wage up to Rs 3000.</p><p>Sources said that there would be different slabs for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers. The wages would be different for cities like Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, cities having municipal corporations and other districts.</p><p>In Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad the minimum wage for the unskilled workers had been increased to Rs 13690 from the existing 11313, for semi-skilled it had been increased to Rs 15059 from the existing Rs 12445. The minimum wage for the skilled workers in these towns had been increased to Rs 16868 from the existing Rs 13940 per month. The new wage would be applicable retrospectively from April one. </p><p>Gautam Buddh Nagar police commissioner Laxmi Singh said that more than 300 people were arrested in connection with the violence. ‘’Some groups have also been identified which incited violence,’’ she said, adding that more arrests could be made in the days to come.</p><p>Singh said that an outside group tried to incite violence and added that some anti-social elements had also infiltrated the workers. ‘’The workers were dispersing peacefully when some outside groups tried to provoke them,’’ she said.</p><p>‘’There is an organized group which has been provoking the workers in planned manner….many fake X (formerly Twitter) handles and other social media accounts have been formed in the past few days indicating that someone is either running a Call Centre or using technology to incite the workers,’’ she added.</p><p>Sources said that the government suspected a well planned conspiracy behind the violence and that the probe into the same would also investigate if there was an organized disinformation and efforts to reignite the naxalite movement.</p>.Noida protests: Uttar Pradesh DGP says 'provocative elements' being identified, warns of strict action.<p>Sources also said that several WhatsApp groups were formed in the past two days where workers were added through scanning of QR codes. Some inflammatory messages have also surfaced allegedly asking the workers to come out on the streets carrying red chilly powder.</p><p>UP industrial development minister Nand Gopal Gupta accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress of ‘conspiring’ to disturb the law and order situation in the state.</p><p>SP president Akhilesh Yadav, however, hit back saying that the state government was trying to hide its failure by deflecting the blame on the opposition parties.</p>
<p>Stray incidents of violence were reported from Noida on Tuesday, a day after thousands of workers of different private companies went on the rampage demanding increase in wages, overtime payment and other benefits, setting ablaze vehicles, damaging properties and indulging in heavy stone pelting.</p><p>According to the police sources here, more than 300 people were taken into custody in connection with violence and efforts were on to identify the trouble mongers and apprehend them.</p>.After massive protest in Noida, Uttar Pradesh govt hikes minimum wages across categories.<p>Additional companies of RAF and PAC were rushed to Noida as security personnel staged flag marches in the affected areas to instill confidence among the people.</p><p>According to the sources here, a high level meeting was held late on Monday night in which it was decided to increase the minimum wage up to Rs 3000.</p><p>Sources said that there would be different slabs for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers. The wages would be different for cities like Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, cities having municipal corporations and other districts.</p><p>In Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad the minimum wage for the unskilled workers had been increased to Rs 13690 from the existing 11313, for semi-skilled it had been increased to Rs 15059 from the existing Rs 12445. The minimum wage for the skilled workers in these towns had been increased to Rs 16868 from the existing Rs 13940 per month. The new wage would be applicable retrospectively from April one. </p><p>Gautam Buddh Nagar police commissioner Laxmi Singh said that more than 300 people were arrested in connection with the violence. ‘’Some groups have also been identified which incited violence,’’ she said, adding that more arrests could be made in the days to come.</p><p>Singh said that an outside group tried to incite violence and added that some anti-social elements had also infiltrated the workers. ‘’The workers were dispersing peacefully when some outside groups tried to provoke them,’’ she said.</p><p>‘’There is an organized group which has been provoking the workers in planned manner….many fake X (formerly Twitter) handles and other social media accounts have been formed in the past few days indicating that someone is either running a Call Centre or using technology to incite the workers,’’ she added.</p><p>Sources said that the government suspected a well planned conspiracy behind the violence and that the probe into the same would also investigate if there was an organized disinformation and efforts to reignite the naxalite movement.</p>.Noida protests: Uttar Pradesh DGP says 'provocative elements' being identified, warns of strict action.<p>Sources also said that several WhatsApp groups were formed in the past two days where workers were added through scanning of QR codes. Some inflammatory messages have also surfaced allegedly asking the workers to come out on the streets carrying red chilly powder.</p><p>UP industrial development minister Nand Gopal Gupta accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress of ‘conspiring’ to disturb the law and order situation in the state.</p><p>SP president Akhilesh Yadav, however, hit back saying that the state government was trying to hide its failure by deflecting the blame on the opposition parties.</p>