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"Can we pay salary in cash w.e.f 01-apr-17. If yes , what is the maximum limits."
As such cash expenditure per day per person should not exceed Rs.10,000/- or is disallowed. & some employers are in habit of breaking the salary component on different dates!!! But its advisable to stop such practice for permanent employees, as ITO may disallow such disintegeration. (As per IT act, 1961)
Thats why Government had passed an ordinance in December 2016, which then passed in partliament as bill in February 2017 known as The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2017; seeking to enable the Centre and state governments to specify industrial units which will have to pay wages only through cheques or by transferring money into bank accounts. ( As per labour act)
By making state-level amendments to the Act, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan, Kerala and Haryana have already made provisions for payment of wages through cheque and electronic transfer.
So, any salary of Rs.10,000/- and above must be paid by non-cash transaction mode.