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Discuss the new labour codes and their impact on formal and informal labour in India.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Works and Economic Life

Parliament consolidated 29 central labour laws into four codes: the Code on Wages, 2019, and the Industrial Relations (IR) Code, Code on Social Security (SS) and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Code, all of 2020. They came into force on 21 November 2025. The government presents them as simplification and universal coverage; trade…

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  • Impact on formal labour
  • Impact on informal labour
  • Perspectives
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