 bill no l of  2016 the women workers (equal pay and welfare) bill, 2016 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 sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the women workers (equal pay and welfare) act, 2016(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(3) it shall come into force at once5definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; (c) "women worker" means a woman worker engaged in any shop, establishment, industry, factory or agricultural operations or any other work where physical labour is required5equal 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 worker104 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 facilitiesfor 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; and15(v) health care facilities5  every woman worker shall be entitled to half an hour rest after every three hours ofwork performed by her with lunch break for one hourmandatory rest to women workers appointment of inspectors206 the appropriate government shall appoint inspectors to inspect the facilitiesprovided 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 lakhsand the licence of such employer or the establishments shall also be cancelled25(ii) sections 4 and 5, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to rupeesten lakhsoverriding effect of the act8 the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistenttherewith 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 thetime being applicable to equal pay for equal work30power to make rules9 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules forcarrying out the purposes of this act statement of objects and reasonsit has been observed that women workers are not paid equal wages for equal work done by them as compared to their male counterparts and are given less wages though, the concept of equality enshrined in the preamble has also found expression as a fundamental right in article 14 to 16 of the constitution but in practice, it is not being equally administered this has resulted into discrimination against women workers at times, they are asked to acknowledge the receipt of full wages though the equal remuneration act, 1976 is in place, it is not complied with moreover, women workers are not getting adequate facilities at their work places at some places, there are 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 are 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 hours at 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 billsasikala  pushpa 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 employers the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india a recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees nine hundred crore per annum and a non-recurring expenditure of rupees five 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 details only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character rajya  sabha———— a billto provide for equal pay to women workers and their welfare and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(smt sasikala pushpa, mp)gmgipmrnd—3639rs(s3)—02122016