After years of debate, delays, and coordination challenges between the Centre and states, India has implemented four consolidated labour codes with an aim to create “a protected, future-ready ...

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The Union Labour Ministry has pre-published draft Rules for Labour Codes, defining worker rights, wages, and social security ...

Labour Ministry notified revised draft rules for the four Labour Codes on December 31, seeking stakeholder feedback within 45 ...

NEW DELHI, Nov 21 (Reuters) - India on Friday implemented four new labour codes, pushing ahead with the biggest overhaul of workers' laws in decades as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government says ...

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has pre-published draft rules for India's four new Labour Codes, aiming for full operationalization by April 1, 2026.

India’s four new labour codes, effective November 21, 2025, expand worker protections, set a national minimum wage, and cover gig and media workers. Key reforms include easier access to gratuity, ...

Last week, India announced it would implement what many say are its most far-reaching economic reforms in decades - compressing 29 federal laws that regulated labour into four simplified codes. As a ...

The new labour laws have raised the threshold for mandatory government approval for lay-offs from 100 to 300 workers. A report by Ambit Capital argues that this single reform could determine whether ...