MINISTRY OF LABOUR
AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th
March, 2016
G.S.R.
368(E).––The
following draft of certain rules further to amend the Contract Labour
(Regulation and Abolition) Central Rules,1971, which the Central Government
proposes to make, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 35 of the
Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (37 of 1970), is hereby
published as required by
sub-section
(1) of the said section, for the information of all persons likely to be
affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules will be
taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the
date on which the copies of the Official Gazette in which this notification is
published are made available to the public;
Objections
or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the
Joint
Secretary to the Government of India-cum-Director
General
(Labour Welfare), Jaisalmer House,
26, Mansingh
Road, New Delhi-110011;
DRAFT RULES
1.
(1) These rules may be called the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition)
Central (Amendment) Rules,
2016.
(2)
They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official
Gazette.
2.
In the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Central Rules, 1971, in rule
25, in sub-rule (2), for clause
(iv),
the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
“
(iv) the rates of wages payable to workmen by the contractor shall not be less
than––
(a)
the rates prescribed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948) for such
employment where applicable; or
(b)
the rates, if any, fixed by agreement, settlement or award; or
(c)
ten thousand rupees whichever is higher ;”.
[No.
S-16016/21/2016-LW (A)]
BIPIN MALLICK, Jt.
Secy.
