The tenure of the expert group is three years.

“It has come to the notice that certain section of the press and some of the stakeholders have opined this as an attempt to delay the fixation of minimum wages and national floor wages by the government,” the ministry said in a press note. “This is clarified that Government 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 wages, as and when required. To arrive at the wage rates, the group will look into the international best practices on the wages and evolve a scientific criteria and methodology for fixation of wages.

Prof Tarika Chakraborty, IIM Calcutta; Dr Anushree Sinha, senior fellow, NCAER; Vibha Bhalla, joint secretary; and Dr H Srinivas, director general, VVGNLI are the members of the expert group and DPS Negi, senior labour & employment advisor, ministry of labour & employment is the member secretary.

First meeting of this group was held on June 14, 2021 and second meeting is scheduled for June 29, 2021.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KD)