The Cine Workers Welfare Fund has been established under the provisions of the Cine Workers Welfare Fund Act 1981. This Act was legislated with an aim to provide for the financing of activities to promote the welfare of certain cine-workers. Under the Act, ‘cine-worker’ has been defined as an individual who has been employed, directly or through any contractor or in any other manner, in or in connection with the production of not less than five feature films to work as an artiste (including actor, musician or dancer) or to do any work, skilled, unskilled, manual, supervisory, technical, artistic or otherwise; and whose remuneration with respect to such employment in or in connection with the production of each of nay five feature films, has not exceeded, where such remuneration has been by way of monthly wages, a sum of one thousand rupees per month, and where such remuneration has been by way of a lump sum, a sum of five thousand rupees. The Act provides for the constitution of Advisory Committees and a Central Advisory Committee to advice the Central Government on any matter arising out of the administration of this Act.
