RAS question
The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 repealed which of the following Acts?
Correct answer: (C) Trade Unions Act 1926.
The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 repealed the Trade Unions Act, 1926.
Explanation
Section 104 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 deals with repeal and savings, and it lists three enactments that stand repealed from the appointed date: the Trade Unions Act, 1926, the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946, and the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The official text also describes the Code as a measure to amalgamate, simplify, and rationalise these related industrial-relations laws. Among the four options given in the question, only the Trade Unions Act, 1926 appears in that repeal list. That is why option C is the only correct answer.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) The Factories Act, 1948 is referred to in the Code for definitions, but it is not one of the enactments listed for repeal under Section 104.
- (B) The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 is not named in Section 104's repeal list, which is limited to the three industrial-relations enactments cited there.
- (D) The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 is not included in the Code's repeal list, whereas the Trade Unions Act, 1926 is expressly included.
Concept
This tests labour-law consolidation under Indian governance, especially the replacement of older industrial-relations statutes by new labour codes. RAS repeatedly asks such repeal-and-substitution questions because they connect statutory reform with administrative implementation.