Min wage act applicability for cancer care NGO

Uday kerwar (Querist) 04 July 2017 This query is : Resolved
Kindly let me know if min wage act applies to a cancer care NGO that provides pre & post operation counselling free of cost. The NGO also provides specialised nursing faciity, also free. The patients need to put on life saving external appliances on their bodies for life. These appliances are made available to patients at cost. They are given free* for the poor & needy. Income is mainly from these supplies+donations from patients. No govt grant/subsidy.

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krishna mohan (Expert) 05 July 2017
Minimum wages is a welfare measure and is one of the expenses to run. If they are not volunteers better to comply with the minimum wages notified by State Govt. or Central Govt. (Central Labour Commissioner).