In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “appropriate Government” means—
(b) “basic wages” means all emoluments which are earned by an employee while on duty or on leave or on holidays with wages in either case in accordance with the terms of the contract of employment and which are paid or payable in cash to him, but does not include—
(c) “contribution” means a contribution payable in respect of a member under a Scheme or the contribution payable in respect of an employee to whom the Insurance Scheme applies;
(d) “controlled industry” means any industry the control of which by the Union has been declared by a Central Act to be expedient in the public interest;
(e) “employer” means—
(f) “employee” means any person who is employed for wages in any kind of work, manual or otherwise, in or in connection with the work of an establishment, and who gets, his wages directly or indirectly from the employer, and includes any person,—
(g) “factory” means any premises, including the precincts thereof, in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on or is ordinarily so carried on, whether with the aid of power or without the aid of power;
(h) “Fund” means the provident fund established under a Scheme;
(i) “Industry” means any industry specified in Schedule I, and includes any other industry added to the Schedule by notification under section 4;
(j) “member” means a member of the Fund;
(k) “occupier of a factory” means the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the factory, and, where the said affairs are entrusted to a managing agent, such agent shall be deemed to be the occupier of the factory;
(kA) “Pension Fund” means the Employees’ Pension Fund established under sub-section (2) of section 6A;
(kB) “Pension Scheme” means the Employees’ Pension Scheme framed under sub-section (I) of section 6A;
(l) “Scheme” means the Employees Provident Fund Scheme framed under section 5;
(m) “Tribunal” means the Employees’ Provident Funds Appellate Tribunal constituted under section 7D.