The Government Of India Will Set The Minimum Basic Salary For All The States In The Country.

Ministry of Labour and Employment, Minister of Santosh of Gangwar, proposed to the Congress the "Salary Regulation Act (Code on Wages 2019)", which will revise the salary structure of private enterprises, abandon the original basic salary plan of each state separately, and adopt a single mandatory minimum basic salary applicable to all the states of the country. This is the ruling National Democratic Alliance. Nal Democratic Alliance) is an important policy for labor law reform.

The bill establishes a unified definition of Wages for more than 36 labor laws across the country, and the structure of labor compensation includes Basic Pay, Dearness Allowance and Retention Pay, among which the allowances (Allowance), such as rent, travel and overtime, must be limited to 50% of the total salary. At present, India does not have a nationwide statutory basic salary. In the future, the new salary system can prevent some enterprises from setting a lower level of basic wages for workers, making the statutory deductions for social welfare programs such as Provident Fund lower.

The Ministry of labour and employment said that the Ministry amended the labour law of 2017 and 2018 according to the recommendations of the Labor Committee. The central government was based on the elimination of regional imbalance and did not expect the state government to set the minimum wage. However, the minimum wage set by the state government should not be lower than the national minimum wage set by the central government. There is a great difference in wage levels across India. In the case of unskilled labourers, Puducherry city in Tamil Nadu is only 55 rupees per day (about 0.8 US dollars), while New Delhi is 538 rupees per day.

Another Gangwar minister will also propose to Congress "occupational safety, health and work environment code" (Code on Occupation Safety, Health and Working Co). "Nditons 2019", which is incorporated into 13 existing central labor laws and regulations applicable to enterprises with more than 10 people. The implementation of the project in the future enterprises only requires the application of annual national employment permit, without requiring individual cases to apply for employment permits on a case by case basis, for Tata Co Nsultancy Services and other large engineering companies will be a great convenience. In addition, according to the regulations, future employers must employ Appointment Letter to avoid employers from violating labor laws or avoiding social welfare expenditures.