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When was the Minimum Wages Bill passed in India? What implications it has?    

Answer:

(a) The Minimum Wages Bill was passed by the Indian Dominion Legislature and came into force on 15th March, 1948.

(b) Under the Act, both State and Central Government are ?Appropriate Governments? for fixation, revision of minimum rates of wages for employments covered by the Schedule to the Act. The rates of wages once fixed are revised at an interval not exceeding five years.