Labour & Employment

Labour codes

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

By lead party of the government

4 of 6 parties have no entry here yet.

By decade

  • 1950s0
  • 1960s0
  • 1970s0
  • 1980s0
  • 1990s0
  • 2000s1
  • 2010s0
  • 2020s1

Dossiers

No dossier is published under this sub-category yet.

Actions in time order, by government

  1. Manmohan Singh, 22 May 2004 to 22 May 2009

    INC UPA government

    • ImplementedINC

      Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008

      The 2008 Act set up a National Social Security Board to recommend welfare schemes for unorganised workers. Enforcement and beneficiary tracking were limited; later registration relied on the e-Shram portal.

      Evidence points −1.5 (range −2.0 to −1.0)

  2. Narendra Modi, 9 Jun 2024 to present

    BJP NDA government

    • ImplementedBJP

      Implementation of the four Labour Codes (2025)

      From 21 November 2025 the Wages, Industrial Relations, Social Security and OSH Codes replaced 29 central labour laws. Unions oppose several provisions; most State rules were still pending in early 2026.

      Evidence points +1.0 (range 0.0 to +2.0)