section 6
Wage rate.
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005Labour200534 sections6 chapters
Chapter III EMOPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEMES AND UNEMPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE
Statutory text
- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948), the Central Government may, by notification, specify the wage rate for the purposes of this Act: Provided that different rates of wages may be specified for different areas: Provided further that the wage rate specified from time to time under any such notification shall not be at a rate less than sixty rupees per day.
- (2) Until such time as a wage rate is fixed by the Central Government in respect of any area in a State, the minimum wage fixed by the State Government under section 3 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948) for agricultural labourers, shall be considered as the wage rate applicable to that area.
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