law: Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
  6. Advisory committee 
  (1) For the purpose of providing increasing
  
  employment opportunities for women, the appropriate government shall constitute
  
  one or more advisory committees to advise it with regard to the extent to which
  
  women may be employed in such establishments or employments as the Central
  
  Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf.
  (2) Every advisory committee shall consist of
  
  not less than ten persons, to be nominated by the appropriate government, of
  
  which one-half shall be women.
  (3) In tendering its advice, the advisory
  
  committee shall have regard to the number of women employed in the concerned
  
  establishment or employment, the nature of work, hours of work, suitability of
  
  women for employment, as the case may be, the need for providing increasing
  
  employment opportunities for women, including part-time employment and such
  
  other relevant factors as the committee may think fit.
  (4) The advisory committee shall regulate its
  
  own procedure.
  (5) The appropriate government may, after
  
  considering the advice tendered to it by the advisory committee and after
  
  giving to the persons concerned in the establishment or employment an
  
  opportunity to make representations, issue such directions in respect of
  
  employment of women workers, as the appropriate government may think fit.