What is the purpose of Minimum Wages Act A.Job security B.Wage Protection C.Pension after retirement D.Employment benefits
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THE MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948
ACT NO. 11 OF 1948 1*
[15th March, 1948.]
An Act to provide for fixing minimum rates of wages in certain
employments.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for fixing minimum rates of
wages in certain employments;
It is hereby enacted as follows:--
1.
Short title and extent.
1. Short title and extent.-(1) This Act may be called the Minimum
Wages Act, 1948.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.
2.
Interpretation.
2. Interpretation.- In this Act, unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject context,--
3*[(a) "adolescent" means a person who has completed his
fourteenth year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year;
(aa) "adult" means a person who has completed his eighteenth
year of age;]
(b) "appropriate Government" means,--
(i) in relation to any scheduled employment
carried on by or under the authority of the
4*[Central Government or a railway
administration], or in relation to a mine,
oilfield or major port, or any corporation
established by 5*[a Central Act], the Central
Government, and
(ii) in relation to any other scheduled
employment, the State Government;
6*[(bb) "child" means a person who has not completed his
fourteenth year of age;]
(c) "competent authority" means the authority appointed by
the appropriate Government by notification in its
Official Gazette to ascertain from time to time the
cost of living index number applicable to the employees
employed in the scheduled employments specified in s
1. This Act has been extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of
1963, s. 2 and Sch. I; Pondicherry by Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I;
Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and
Sch. and Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu by Notification No.
G.S.R. 436, dated 16-4-1973, Gazette of India, Pt. II, Sec. 3(i), p.
875
Answer:
THE MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948
ACT NO. 11 OF 1948 1*
[15th March, 1948.]
An Act to provide for fixing minimum rates of wages in certain
employments.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for fixing minimum rates of
wages in certain employments;
It is hereby enacted as follows:--
1.
Short title and extent.
1. Short title and extent.-(1) This Act may be called the Minimum
Wages Act, 1948.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.
2.
Interpretation.
2. Interpretation.- In this Act, unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject context,--
3*[(a) "adolescent" means a person who has completed his
fourteenth year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year;
(aa) "adult" means a person who has completed his eighteenth
year of age;]
(b) "appropriate Government" means,--
(i) in relation to any scheduled employment
carried on by or under the authority of the
4*[Central Government or a railway
administration], or in relation to a mine,
oilfield or major port, or any corporation
established by 5*[a Central Act], the Central
Government, and
(ii) in relation to any other scheduled
employment, the State Government;
6*[(bb) "child" means a person who has not completed his
fourteenth year of age;]
(c) "competent authority" means the authority appointed by
the appropriate Government by notification in its
Official Gazette to ascertain from time to time the
cost of living index number applicable to the employees
employed in the scheduled employments specified in such
notification;
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1. This Act has been extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of
1963, s. 2 and Sch. I; Pondicherry by Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I;
Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and
Sch. and Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu by Notification No.
G.S.R. 436, dated 16-4-1973, Gazette of India, Pt. II, Sec. 3(i), p.
875.