 bill no 9 of 2008 the minimum wages (amendment) bill, 2008 byshri prabodh panda, mpa billfurther to amend the minimum wages act, 1948be  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the minimum wages (amendment) act, 2008amendment of section 32 in section 3 of the minimum wages act, 1948, in sub-section (1), in clause (b),—11 of 19485(i) for the words "five years" the words "two years" shall be substituted;(ii) for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:—10"provided that where for any reason the appropriate government has not reviewed the minimum rates of wages fixed by it in respect of any scheduled employment within any interval of two years, nothing contained in this clause shall be deemed to prevent it from reviewing the minimum rates after the expiry of the said period of two years and revising them, if necessary, and until they are so revised the minimum rates in force immediately before the expiry of the said period of two years shall continue in force"15 statement of objects and reasonsthe minimum wages act, 1948 regulates the rates of minimum wages payable to workers engaged in unorganized sector the minimum wages payable to these workers are presently reviewed and revised every five years with the change in the economic scenario of our country, there has been a rapid rise in the price index of essential commodities in view of the increasing cost of living, the central government increases the dearness allowance of its employees twice a year but, people working in unorganized sector are not entitled to such benefits thus, the review and revision of the minimum wages at an interval of five years is not in the interest of crores of workers engaged in the unorganized sector to make the act more effective and practicable, it is proposed in the bill to review and revise the minimum wages at such interval not exceeding two years the bill, if enacted, will go a long way in fulfilling the aspirations of the workers across the countryhence this billnew delhi;prabodh pandanovember 28, 2007 annexure extracts from the minimum wages act, 1948(act no 11 of 1948)3 fixing of minimum rates of wages—            (b) review at such intervals as it may think fit, such intervals not exceeding five years, the minimum rates of wages so fixed and revise the minimum rates, if necessary:provided that where for any reason the appropriate government has not reviewed the minimum rates of wages fixed by it in respect of any scheduled employment within any interval of five years, nothing contained in this clause shall be deemed to prevent it from reviewing the minimum rates after the expiry of the said period of five years and revising them, if necessary, and until they are so revised the minimum rates in force immediately before the expiry of the said period of five years shall continue in force lok   salok  sabhabha———— a bill further to amend the minimum wages act, 1948————(shri prabodh panda, mp)mgipmrnd—151ls(s5)—06-02-2008