Government today clarified media reports that it is bringing an amendment to Payment of Wages Act to make mandatory payment of wages to the workers only through cheque or accounts transfers are untrue. <br/><br/>Ministry of Labour and Employment said in a release that the government proposes to bring an amendment to Section 6 of the Act which will further provide crediting the wages in the bank account of the employees or payment through cheque along with the existing provisions of payment in current coin or currency notes. <br/><br/>This is being done to facilitate the employers from making payment of wages using the banking facilities also in addition to the existing modes of payment of wages.<br/><br/>Centre and states will have to come up with the notification to specify the industrial or other establishments where the employer shall pay wages through cheque or by crediting the wages in employees' bank account. <br/><br/>The Ministry made it clear that the option of payment through cash is still available with the employers for payment of wages.