 bill no cvi of  2006 the women workers (equal pay and welfare) bill, 2006 a billto provide for equal pay to women workers and their welfare and for matters connected therewith or  incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the women workers (equal pay and welfare) act, 2006(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(3) it shall come into force at oncedefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government ofthat state and in all other cases, the central government;(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act;equal pay for equal work3  notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, every woman worker shall be paid equal pay for equal work performed by her as compared to a male worker4  every person who is the owner or the in-charge of any establishment, industry, factory or activity, where woman workers are engaged shall provide the following facilities for such workers at the place of work:—facilities to be provided to the women by employer(i) creche including mobile creche facilities; (ii) rest rooms;(iii) separate toilets; (iv) drinking water; and(v) health care facilities5 every woman worker shall be entitled to half an hour rest after every three hours of work performed by her with lunch break for one hourmandatory rest to women workersappointment of inspectors 6 the appropriate government shall appoint inspectors to inspect the facilities provided by employers to women workers at work place and ensure compliance of the provisions of this actpenalty7 whoever, contravenes the provisions of,—(i) section 3 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to rupees five lakhs and the licence of such employer or the establishments shall also be cancelled(ii) sections 4 and 5, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to rupees ten lakhsoverriding effect of the act8 the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force, but save as aforesaid, the provisions of this act shall be  in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being applicable to equal pay for equal workpower to make rules9 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act statement  of  objects  and  reasonsit has been observed that women workers are not paid equal wages even for the same proportion of work done by them as compared to their male counterparts in actual practice they are given less wages though, at times, they are asked to acknowledge the receipt of full wages though the equal remuneration act is in place, it is not complied withmoreover, women workers are not getting adequate facilities at their work places at some places, there is no toilets or drinking water facilities for them the infants of these workers have to be taken care of but there are no creche facilities there is no proper health facilities or rest rooms for women workers due to biological reasons, women workers have to take rest after performing work for some period, say, three hoursat present, there is no law providing for facilities to women workers at their work places therefore, it is proposed to provide for a comprehensive legislation to make way for equal wages to women workers and provision of certain facilities to them at their work placeshence this billsyeda  anwara  taimur financial   memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for  making certain facilities to women workers at their work places some of the organisations under the government have also to provide these facilities clause 6 of the bill provides for the appointment of inspectors to inspect the facilities provided by the employersthe bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india a recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees five hundred crore per annum and a nonrecurring expenditure of about rupees two hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 9 of the bill provides for framing of rules for carrying out the provisions of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of deficits only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character ———— abillto provide for equal pay to women workers and their welfare and for matters connected therewith or  incidental thereto ————(shrimati syeda anwara taimur, mp)mgipmrnd—4137rs(s5)—8-12-2006