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 Lok Sabha passed the bill on 22 September 2020 and the Rajya Sabha passed it on
23 September 2020. The bill received the presidential assent on 28 September 2020,
but the date of coming into force is yet to be notified in the official gazette.

See also
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
Code on Wages, 2019
Industrial Relations Code, 2020
Reference
"Parliament proceedings | Codes on occupational safety, social security and
industrial relations introduced in Lok Sabha". 19 September 2020 – via
www.thehindu.com.
"Lok Sabha passes three labour code bills: What do they mean for India's employers
and workers?". www.timesnownews.com.
"The Code On Social Security, 2020". PRSIndia. 19 September 2020.
"Explained: In labour codes, what changes for workers and hirers?". 23 September
2020.

The Code On Social Security, 2020

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Code on Social Security, 2020
Emblem of India
Parliament of India
Long title[show]
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
Enacted by Rajya Sabha
Enacted September 23, 2020
Assented to September 28, 2020
Signed by Ram Nath Kovind
Legislative history
Bill citation Bill No. 121 of 2020
Bill published on September 19, 2020
Introduced by Santosh Gangwar
Minister of State (IC) Labour and Employment
First reading September 22, 2020
Second reading September 23, 2020
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: In force
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.

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 fund and skill
upgradation, etc.[1] The act amalgamates nine central labour enactments relating to
social security.