“basic wages”

The Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 · s. 2

(b) "basic wages" means all emoluments which are earned by an employee while on duty or[3] [ 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— - (i) the cash value of any food concession;