The Government of Andhra Pradesh issued a final notification adding "employment in spinning mills" to Part I of the Schedule to the Minimum Wages Act of 1948. This amendment was ordered based on a previous gazette notification from July 2011 and a letter received from the Commissioner of Labour in December 2011 requesting the addition. The Governor of Andhra Pradesh exercised powers under Section 27 of the Minimum Wages Act to make this amendment official.