 bill no 6 of  2017 the payment of wages (amendment) bill, 2017 a billfurther to amend the payment of wages act, 1936be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the payment of wages (amendment) act, 2017short title and commencement(2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 28th day of december, 201652 for section 6 of the payment of wages act, 1936, the following section shall besubstituted, namely:—substitution of section 6 of act 4 of 1936"6 all wages shall be paid in current coin or currency notes or by cheque or by crediting the wages in the bank account of the employee:10provided that the appropriate government may, by notification in the officialgazette, specify the industrial or other establishment, the employer of which shall pay to every person employed in such industrial or other establishment, the wages only by cheque or by crediting the wages in his bank account"wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes or by cheque or crediting in bank account3 (1) the payment of wages (amendment) ordinance, 2016 is hereby repealedord 9 of 2016repeal and savings(2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the payment of wages act, 1936, as amended by the said ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of the said act, as amended by this act4 of 1936 statement of objects and reasonsthe payment of wages act, 1936 (the act) regulates the payment of wages of certain classes of employed persons the act was amended several times and last amended in the year 2005 section 6 of the act provides that all wages shall be paid in current coin or currency notes or in both however, proviso to said section enables the employer to pay the wages to an employee either by cheque or by crediting the wages in his bank account after obtaining his written authorisation2 with the passage of time, technology has been changed and a large section of the employed persons have their bank accounts the payment of wages through cheque or crediting it in the bank account of employed persons will reduce the complaints regarding non-payment or less payment of minimum wages, besides serving the objectives of digital and less cash economy the state governments of andhra pradesh, uttarakhand, punjab, kerala and haryana have already made provisions in the said act for payment of wages to the employed persons either by cheque or by crediting the wages in their bank account, by making state amendments to the act3 the government considered it necessary to bring a legislation to make amendments to the payment of wages act, 1936 so as to enable the employer to pay the wages to the employed person also by cheque or crediting it to their bank account and also to enable the appropriate government to specify the industrial or other establishments, by notification in the official gazette, which shall pay to every employed person, the wages only by cheque or by crediting in his bank account; and accordingly, introduced the payment of wages (amendment) bill, 2016 in the lok sabha on 15th december, 2016 however, the said bill could not be taken up for consideration and passing in the lok sabha4 as both the houses of parliament were not in session and immediate action was required to be taken to ensure that the benefits of the proposed legislation reach the employed person at the earliest, the president promulgated the payment of wages (amendment) ordinance, 2016 on 28th december, 20165 it is now proposed to replace the payment of wages (amendment) ordinance, 2016with the payment of wages (amendment) bill, 20176 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;bandaru dattatreyathe 17th january, 2017 annexure extract from the payment of wages act, 1936 (4 of 1936)    6 all wages shall be paid in current coin or currency notes or in both:wages to be paid in current coin or currency notesprovided that the employer may, after obtaining the written authorisation of the employed person, pay him the wages either by cheque or by crediting the wages in his bank account     lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the payment of wages act, 1936————(shri bandaru dattatreya, minister of state for labour and employment)gmgipmrnd—4164ls—20-01-2017