Salary Decrease - Income Increase in 2021


If you are a salary person, your in hand salary may reduce from April 2021 as companies would be required to again design pay packages after Centre notifies draft rules under the new wage rule.

The new compensation rules, which is part of the Code on Wages 2019, are likely to become effective from April 2021. As per the new rules, the allowance component cannot exceed 50% of the total salary or compensation and this means that basic salary has to be 50%.

In compliance with this, companies will have to increase the basic pay component of salaries, which will result in a proportional rise in gratuity payments and employees' contribution to the provident fund.

Retirement contributions will also mean lower in-hand salary for employees but the retirement corpus of employees will grow.

At present, several private companies prefer to set the non-allowance part of the total compensation less than 50% and the allowance portion higher. However, this will change as soon as the new wage rules come to effect. The rules are expected to impact private sector employees' salaries because they usually get higher allowances.

Employers will have to hike the basic pay of employees to meet the 50% basic pay requirement, according to the new rules.

Quickly find some alternate ways to increase your income. Here are some options:

1. Play the stock market. 

2. Play with the Binary Options

3. Play with Forex.

4. Invest in a money-making course.

5. Trade in Commodities

6. Trade in Crypto currencies.

7. Start blog of your interest.

8. Make YouTube videos of your interest

9. Sell the best services, you can provide.

10. Flip real estate contracts.