What is Minimum Wages Act 1948?
Any person who directly or through another person, whether for himself or for any other person employs one or more employees in any scheduled employment in respect of which minimum rates of wages have been fixed under this Minimum Wages Act 1948.
Eligibility
Any person who is employed for hire or reward to do any work in a scheduled employment and includes an outdoor worker to whom any articles or materials are given for either doing some work either at home or at any other premises.
Benefits
The Act prescribes the minimum rates of wages payable to employees for different scheduled employment for different class of work and for adults, adolescents, children and apprentices depending upon different localities.
Penal Provisions
Imprisonment up to 6 months and/or fine up to Rs. 500 is imposable for contravention.
CURRENT MINIMUM WAGES IN INDIA
| Central Spherel Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 | ||
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands Effective date:1st Jul, 2022 | Andhra Pradesh Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 | Arunachal Pradesh Effective date:1st Apr, 2016 |
| Assam Effective date:1st Dec, 2021 | Bihar Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 | Chandigarh Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 |
| Chhattisgarh Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli Effective date:1st Apr, 2021 | Daman and Diu Effective date:1st Apr, 2021 |
| Delhi Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 | Goa Effective date:1st Apr, 2022 | Gujarat Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 |
| Haryana Effective date:1st Jul, 2022 | Himachal Pradesh Effective date:1st Apr, 2022 | Jammu and Kashmir Effective date:17th Oct, 2022 |
| Jharkhand Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 | Karnataka Effective date:28th Jul, 2022 | Kerala Effective date:1st Sep, 2022 |
| Ladakh Effective date:2nd Nov, 2022 | Madhya Pradesh Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 | Maharashtra Effective date:1st Jul, 2022 |
| Manipur Effective date:27th Dec, 2016 | Meghalaya Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 | Mizoram Effective date:1st Apr, 2016 |
| Nagaland Effective date:14th Jun, 2019 | Odisha Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 | Puducherry Effective date:1st Jan, 2020 |
| Punjab Effective date:1st Sep, 2022 | Rajasthan Effective date:1st Jul, 2021 | Sikkim Effective date:11th Jul, 2022 |
| Tamil Nadu Effective date:1st Apr, 2022 | Telangana Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 | Tripura Effective date:1st Apr, 2022 |
| Uttar Pradesh Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 | Uttarakhand Effective date:1st Oct, 2022 | West Bengal Effective date:1st Jul, 2022 |