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The Code on Wages Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 10 August 2017 by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Santosh Gangwar. The bill was referred to a Parliamentary Standing Committee on 21 August 2017. The Committee submitted its report on 18 December 2018. [2]
It leaves a large number of workers unregulated. Central and state governments have discretion to set wages according to kind of work and location, and they range between as much as ₹ 143 to 1120 per day for work in the so-called central sphere. State governments have their own minimum wage schedules. [23]
The students of member colleges and university faculties & teaching departments are the members of the Union. [1] The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi is the Patron of the Union. The official year and term of the Union is from 16th of August of every year to the 15th of August, of the following year.
The standard of living in India varies from state to state. In 2021, extreme poverty was reduced to 0.8% [1] and India is no longer the nation with the largest population living in poverty. [2] There is significant income inequality within India, as it is simultaneously home to some of the world's richest people. [3]
As of January 3, 2022, effective state minimum wage rates range from US$7.25 to US$15.00 per hour, with an average of about $12.00 across all minimum wage workers as of 2019. [ 244 ] [ 245 ] [ 246 ] Local government minimum wages exist as well, the highest of which reach to $17.13 per hour.
Workers also state that they are paid ₹ 134 (US$1.60) to ₹ 150 (US$1.80) for 12 hours of work (eight hours plus four hours of overtime). Both these wages contravene the stipulated Delhi state minimum wage of ₹ 152 (US$1.80) for eight hours of work. [9] Nearly 50 construction workers have died in the past two years while employed on Games ...
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In addition to the general labour laws applicable to all workers, the interstate workers are entitled with equal or better wages for the similar nature & duration of work applicable for the local workmen or stipulated minimum wages under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 whichever is more, displacement allowance (Section 14),