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India Activates Four-Code Labour Overhaul, Repealing 29 Legacy Acts

Effective 21 Nov 2025, the Modi government brought into force four consolidated labour codes that replace 29 separate statutes, creating one digital registration-and-compliance regime for wages, industrial relations, social security and workplace safety.

India Finally Puts Four Consolidated Labour Codes Into Force

On 21 Nov 2025, New Delhi activated the long-delayed four labour codes passed in 2019-20, scrapping 29 legacy statutes and immediately standardising an 8-hour workday, minimum wages and universal social-security coverage across the country.

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