Hyderabad, March 23 -- TGPWU on Monday, March 23, has urged the government to include the Right to Minimum Wages in the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Draft Bill.

In a statement addressed to the Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Labour Minister G Vivek Venkat Swamy, and the Telangana Department of Labour, the union said the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, is the most significant law concerning workers in India, which has been "enforced and reinforced in multiple ways" by both central and state governments and the Supreme Court.

Citing several Supreme Court judgments, the TGPWU emphasised the critical importance of paying minimum wages. The top court made it clear that non-payment of minimum wages violates fundamental rights of the Indian Co...