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  Short Answer Questions Definition of wages Section 2(h) of Minimum wages Act, 1948 defines wages all remuneration , capable of being expressed in terms of money , which would if the terms of the contract of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled , be payable to person employed in respect of his employment or of the work done in such employment  and includes House rent allowance Wages DO NOT include the value of any house accommodation,  supply of light, water, medical attendance or any other amenity or any service excluded by general or special order of the appropriate government. any contribution paid by the employer to any Pension Fund or Provident fund or under any scheme of social insurance any travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession where a trip allowance was prescribed by a notification,  any some paid to the person employed to defray special expenses entailed on his by nature of employment any gratuity payable on dischar...