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Minimum Wages Act
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Minimum Wages Act
Published: 15 March 1948
Source: Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India
Last amended: 2017
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Ensures payment of minimum wages to workers in various sectors as fixed by the government.
The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 provides for fixing minimum rates of wages in certain employments. The minimum wages are reviewed and revised periodically by the Central and State Governments.