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Home » Citizen Corner » Minimum WagesMinimum Wages This article explains the minimum wage in India, how it is calculated, and other crucial details. What is the Minimum Wage in India? The Indian parliament enacted the Minimum Wage Act in 1948 to set minimum wages for specific ‘scheduled employment’ categories across the country. These are the minimum wages that employers must pay to workers. The Government is not only committed to periodic review and revision of the minimum rates of wages but also to extend its coverage across employments and provide for floor wage. Accordingly, the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, have been rationalized and amalgamated in the Code on Wages Act, 2019, as passed by the Parliament and notified on 08.08.2019. The Code on Wages, 2019, provides for universal minimum wage and floor wage across employments in organized and unorganized sector ...