The Code on Social Security, 2020

The Code on Social Security, 2020 is a code to amend and consolidate the laws relating to social security with the goal to extend social security to all employees and workers either in the organised or unorganised or any other sectors.

Code on Social Security, 2020
Parliament of India
Long title An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to social security with the goal to extend social security to all employees and workers either in the organised or unorganised or any other sectors
Citation	Act No. 36 of 2020 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2020
Territorial extent	India
Considered by	Parliament of India
Enacted by	Lok Sabha
Enacted	September 22, 2020 (2020-09-22)
Enacted by	Rajya Sabha
Enacted	September 23, 2020 (2020-09-23)
Assented to	September 28, 2020 (2020-09-28)
Signed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill citation	Bill No. 121 of 2020
Introduced by	Santosh Gangwar Minister of State (IC) Labour and Employment
Introduced	September 19, 2020 (2020-09-19)
First reading	September 22, 2020 (2020-09-22)
Second reading	September 23, 2020 (2020-09-23)
Committee report	Report of Second National Commission on Labour
Repeals
The Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 The Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 The Cine Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981 The Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996 Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act 2008
Status: Not yet in force

The Social Security Code, 2020 brings unorganised sector, gig workers and platform workers under the ambit of social security schemes, including life insurance and disability insurance, health and maternity benefits, provident insurance, pension and skill upgradation, etc.^[1] The act amalgamates nine central labour enactments relating to social security.

Background

The bill was introduced by the Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar. The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha 22 September 2020 and the Rajya Sabha on 23 September 2020.^[2] The bill was formulated according to the Report and Recommendations of the Second National Commission on Labour.

It consolidated The Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923, The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948, The Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959, The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, The Cine Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981, The Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996, Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act 2008.^[3][4]

The bill received the presidential assent on 28 September 2020, and section 142 of the Act has come into force on 3 May 2021.^[5] As per notification dated 3 May 2023 issued by Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India several sections of the code pertaining to Employees Pension Scheme and Employees Provident Fund Scheme came into force^{[1][3][5][6][7]}

See also

• Code on Wages, 2019
• Industrial Relations Code, 2020
• Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020