Government constitutes an expert group for the fixation of minimum Wages and National floor wages.

GG News Bureau
New Delhi,17th June . The Central Government formed an Expert Group under the Chairmanship of Professor Ajit Mishra, a renowned economist, to provide technical inputs and recommendations on the fixation of Minimum Wages and National Floor Wages to the Government.
The Government has been facing criticism on the issue as many are seeing this move as an attempt to delay the fixation of Minimum Wages and national Floor Wages by the government.
The government reiterated its commitment towards the cause and said that it does not have any such intention and the Expert Group will submit its recommendations to the government as early as possible. The tenure of the Expert Group has been kept as three years so that even after the fixation of Minimum Wages and National Floor Wages, Government may seek technical inputs/advice from the Expert Group on subjects related to Minimum Wages and National Floor Wages, as and when required. The first meeting of this Group was held on 14th June 2021 and the second meeting is scheduled for 29th June 2021.