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{{short description|Act of Indian Parliament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{use Indian English|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox legislation
| short_title = Code on Social Security, 2020
| legislature = [[Parliament of India]]
| imagesize = 100
| imagealt = Emblem of India
| long_title = {{small|'''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'''}}
|considered_by = [[Parliament of India]]
| citation = {{citation |url= http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222111.pdf |title= Act No. 36 of 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929174000/http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222111.pdf|archive-date= 2020-09-29}}
| territorial_extent = India
| enacted_by = [[Lok Sabha]]
| date_enacted = {{start date|2020|9|22}}
| enacted_by2 = [[Rajya Sabha]]
| date_enacted2 = {{start date|2020|9|23}}
| date_assented = {{start date|2020|9|28}}
| date_signed =
| signed_by = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| date_effective =
| bill =
| bill_citation = [https://www.prsindia.org/sites/default/files/bill_files/Code%20On%20Social%20Security%2C%202020.pdf Bill No. 121 of 2020]
| bill_date = {{start date|2020|9|19}}
|1st_reading = {{start date|2020|9|22}}
|2nd_reading = {{start date|2020|9|23}}
|3rd_reading =
| introduced_by = [[Santosh Gangwar]] <br/>{{small|[[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India) |Minister of State (IC) Labour and Employment]]}}
|committee_report = Report of Second [[National Commission on Labour]]
| repeals = {{small|
* 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
* [[Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017|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]]}}
| amends =
| white_paper =
| keywords =
| status = in force
}}

'''The Code on Social Security, 2020''' is a [[Code of law |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 [[White-collar worker |organised]] or [[Unorganised sector |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, [[Employees' Provident Fund Organisation |provident fund]] and skill upgradation, etc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/parliament-proceedings-codes-on-occupational-safety-social-security-and-industrial-relations-introduced-in-lok-sabha/article32649886.ece|title=Parliament proceedings | Codes on occupational safety, social security and industrial relations introduced in Lok Sabha|date=19 September 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/lok-sabha-passes-three-labour-code-bills-what-do-they-mean-for-indias-employers-and-workers/656759|title=Lok Sabha passes three labour code bills: What do they mean for India's employers and workers?|website=www.timesnownews.com}}</ref> 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, [[Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/code-social-security-2020|title=The Code On Social Security, 2020|date=19 September 2020|website=PRSIndia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/govts-new-versions-of-labour-codes-key-proposals-and-concerns-6603354/|title=Explained: In labour codes, what changes for workers and hirers?|date=23 September 2020}}</ref>

The bill received the presidential assent on 28 September 2020, and section 142 of the Act has come into force on 3 May 2021.<ref>[https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2021/226829.pdf Gazette of India notification]</ref>

==See also==

* [[Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020]]
* [[Code on Wages, 2019]]
* [[Industrial Relations Code, 2020]]

==Reference==
{{reflist}}

{{Indian legislations}}

[[Category:Indian labour law]]
[[Category:Social security in India]]
[[Category: Acts of the Parliament of India 2020]]

The Code On Social Security, 2020 - Revision history

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