Modi 2.0: Codes on wages, safety to be first push for labour reforms

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in its previous tenure had proposed combining 35-odd labour laws in four codes

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday chaired a meeting with his Cabinet colleagues to discuss amendments to labour laws.

Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Gangwar told reporters after the meeting that amendments to labour laws in the form of four codes were one of the areas of discussion. Apart from Gangwar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan attended the meeting, which concluded in about two hours.

Sources said the government will push for passing two codes — the Code on Wages and the Code on Occupation Safety Health and Working