Minimum Wages Act, 1948
11. Wages in kind
(1) Minimum wages payable under this Act
shall be paid in cash.
(2) Where it has been the custom to pay wages
wholly or partly in kind the appropriate government being of the opinion that
it is necessary in the circumstances of the case may by notification in the
Official Gazette authorize the payment of minimum wages either wholly or partly
in kind.
(3) If appropriate government is of the
opinion that provision should be made for the supply of essential commodities
at concession rates the appropriate government may by notification in the
Official Gazette authorize the provision of such supplies at concessional
rates.
(4) The cash value of wages in kind and of
concessions in respect of supplies of essential commodities at concession rates
authorized under sub-sections (2) and (3) shall be estimated in the prescribed
manner.