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How many Labour Codes have been enacted to replace the existing labour laws?

Correct answer: (A) 4.

Four Labour Codes have been enacted to replace and rationalise 29 existing labour laws in India.

  1. (A)

    4

  2. (B)

    3

  3. (C)

    6

  4. (D)

    5

Explanation

India enacted four Labour Codes: the Code on Wages, 2019; the Industrial Relations Code, 2020; the Code on Social Security, 2020; and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020. The PIB release from the Ministry of Labour and Employment identifies these same four Codes and says they rationalise 29 existing labour laws. That is why the count is four, not merely a list of broad reform themes. The reform is framed as a consolidation of fragmented labour regulation into a smaller code-based structure, with the Codes covering wages, industrial relations, social security, and occupational safety, health and working conditions.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (B) Three leaves out one of the four named Codes: wages, industrial relations, social security, and occupational safety, health and working conditions.
  • (C) Six overstates the number because the PIB release from the Ministry of Labour and Employment identifies only four Labour Codes.
  • (D) Five is incorrect because the consolidation was into four Codes, not five, while rationalising 29 existing labour laws.

Concept

This tests labour-market reforms under Indian Economy, especially consolidation of labour regulation into statutory Codes. It recurs in RAS because labour reforms link governance, welfare, compliance burden, and employment policy.

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