Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the wages were last raised in 2012. Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Friday passed a resolution approving a 15 per cent increase in minimum wages, extending the benefit to all registered workers in both government and private sectors. When the resolution was passed, the Congress members were not present in the House. With this the minimum wage of the workers would rise to Rs 518 from the current 460. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the wages were last raised in 2012. “None of the successive governments raised the wages after that. We took some time, but we are doing it now,” he said. Calling it a tribute to workers, he said, “The increase in minimum wages is a real homage to the contribution of workers, which is duly respected, acknowledged and appreciated.…