Labour Codes

Timeline

1. 8 May2026
   Legislation

   Labour Ministry notifies central rules under the four Labour Codes¹²³

   The Labour Ministry notified rules on 8 May to operationalise the four Labour Codes, capping weekly work at 48 hours, allowing women on night shifts with consent and giving platform workers social-security eligibility.

   • Labour Ministry notified central rules under all four Labour Codes on 8 May 2026 (Wages, Industrial Relations, Social Security, Occupational Safety)
   • Model Standing Orders 2026 for service, manufacturing and mining sectors also issued; a Worker Re-skilling Fund set up
   • Rules apply where the Centre is the appropriate government
   • The Codes subsume 29 central labour laws and came into force on 21 November 2025
2. 30 Dec2025
   Schemes

   Government recaps 2025 reforms: Labour Codes, GST 2.0, Export Promotion Mission⁴⁵⁶

   A year-end government summary highlighted four consolidated Labour Codes replacing 29 laws, the GST 2.0 two-slab regime of 5 and 18 percent and the Rs 25,060 crore Export Promotion Mission for FY26-FY31.

   • Four Labour Codes consolidate 29 central labour laws
   • GST 2.0 two main slabs of 5 percent and 18 percent (plus 40 percent for demerit goods), effective 22 September 2025
   • Export Promotion Mission outlay Rs 25,060 crore for FY26 to FY31

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Sources

1. Nishith Desai Associates
2. DLA Piper
3. Legal 500
4. PIB (official)
5. WION
6. Governance Now