He said the four new codes consolidated 29 labour laws into a simplified and contemporary framework.
Now that India has operationalised four new pro-worker and business friendly labour codes, the Ministry of Labour and Employment plans to come up with a comprehensive employment policy that will serve as a blueprint for employment generation, minister handling the portfolio Mansukh Mandaviya said.
“Labour and industry should complement each other and adapt to change for effective coordination,” he said.
“Labour and industry should complement each other and adapt to change for effective coordination,” he recently told the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Summit.
The government published the final rules across the four codes earlier this month, making them fully operational.
The four codes are the Code on Wages, 2019; the Industrial Relations Code, 2020; the Code on Social Security, 2020; and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020. These came into effect on November 21, 2025.
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