2. Amendment of section 3 of Act…

Section 3 of the National Minimum Wage of Workers

Act, No. 3 of 2016 is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) thereof and the substitution therefor, of the following: -

“(l) (a) For the period commencing on April 1,

2025 and ending on December 31, 2025, the national minimum monthly wage for all workers in any industry or service shall be twenty-seven thousand rupees, and the national minimum daily wage of a worker shall be one thousand eighty rupees.

With effect from January 1, 2026, the national minimum monthly wage for all workers in any industry or service shall be thirty thousand rupees, and the national minimum daily wage of a worker shall be one thousand two hundred rupees.”.