 bill no 321 of 2015 the payment of minimum wages (for workers and others) bill, 2015 by shri chandrakant khaire, mp a billto provide for payment of minimum wages to workers and others and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—2 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or any judgement, decree or order of any court to the contrary, the minimum wages shall be as follows:—payment of minimum wages to workers, etc(a) for unskilled workers, rupees five hundred per day; (b) for semi-skilled workers, rupees one thousand per day;5(c) for skilled workers, rupees seven hundred fifty per day; (d) for clerical work for those who have completed class twelve, rupees eighthundred per day;(e) for supervisors, rupees one thousand per day; and (f) for managers, rupees one thousand and two hundred per day103 the minimum wages referred to in section 3 shall be revised by the central government every three years according to increase in cost of living index in such manner as may be notified by the central governmentrevision of minimum wages by the central government15fixation of minimum wages of a skilled worker4 where an organisation or establishment makes payment of minimum wages on a monthly basis, the minimum monthly wages of a skilled worker and manager shall not be less than rupees fifteen thousand per month and rupees thirty-five thousand per month, respectively, and minimum wages per month of other persons referred to in section 2 shall be increased thirty times their daily wagespowers to make rules20 5 (1) the central government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act25(2) every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonsthe payment of minimum wages act, 1948 enacted many years back does not in practice guarantee of minimum wages to workers and the wages have been left to the state governments for their implementation however, in practice even skilled workers are getting meagre wages and compelled to work for long duration to earn that meagre wages there is no provision of revision of wages from time to time with the increase in cost of living index therefore, it is proposed to fix the minimum wages specifically and also to provide for revision from time to timehence this billnew delhi;chandrakant khairenovember 18, 2015 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for payment of certain minimum wages to workers and others engaged in any organisation or establishment, payment of higher minimum wages to workers engaged in central government establishments the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that recurring expenditure of about rupees two crore per annum would be involved from the consolidated fund of indiano non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 5 of the bill empowers the central government to frame rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of normal character———— a billto provide for payment of minimum wages to workers and others and for matters connected therewith————(shri chandrakant khaire, mp)gmgipmrnd—3087ls(s3)—08-12-2015