Labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya met counterparts to finalize draft rules for four labour codes by March 31, aiming to boost employment and simplify regulations as per report published in HT.
Union labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya met his counterparts from all 36 states and federally-administered territories at a two-day conference beginning January 29 to “exchange notes and review” the final set of steps in the framing of draft rules to roll out the four labour codes, along with other reforms to boost employment, an official said on Wednesday.
Centre convenes meet with all states to hasten labour codes roll-out
The ministry, in a release, said all states are slated to complete the draft rules by March 31. This will pave the way for a roll-out of the codes in the early part of the next financial year, which HT had reported on January 21.
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Significantly, West Bengal has committed to framing the draft rules, which had been pending for long.
The consultations, also attended by labour minister of state, Shobha Karandlaje, and labour secretary Sumita Dawra, will also focus on a set of proposed reforms, other than the labour codes, to increase employment to absorb the country’s ever-expanding working-age population. These include measures to enhance ease of doing business and simplifying a welter of regulatory compliance norms, according to the agenda of the key meeting.
The four labour codes passed by Parliament in 2019-20 seek to usher in investment-friendly legislation and social security frameworks for newer forms of employment, such as gig workers, in Asia’s third-largest economy, long hobbled by complex labour laws. They are considered the most important to so-called second-generation reforms required to boost Indian industry’s competitiveness and provide a boost to the economy.
Delays in pre-publishing the draft rules, which are subordinate legislation, by states and widely varying state-level regulations have held back implementation of the labour codes.
source: hindustantimes
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