The Minimum Wage Act, 1948

MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948 has been enacted to provide for fixing minimum rates of wages in certain employments and the provisions of the Act are intended to achieve the object of doing social justice to the workers employed in the scheduled employments by prescribing Rates of Minimum Wages i.e. Basic and DA. The Rates of Basic and Dearness Allowances are subject to periodical change by the Appropriate Government