Implementation of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 - Case Study of India

A. Srija

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Abstract: This paper takes a look at the efforts made by the Government of India since the enactment of the Act to improve the relevance of minimum wages, its impact in bringing the workers out of the poverty line, the issues that still persist and the way forward. This is one of the earliest labour legislations in India, the Minimum Wages Act was enacted in 1948 immediately after India attained Independence. But even today a large section of the workforce remains outside the purview of the Minimum Wages Act. Thus the paper highlights the issues of concern in this regard.

Keywords: minimum wage; average daily wages; Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA); national floor level minimum wage (NFLMW); informal workers; wage protection; social safety; India; economy; GDP growth; Gender Pay Gap. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-09
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