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Labour ministry takes its 'Shram Samvad' on the labour codes to Lucknow from Monday

The two-day state-level programme with the Uttar Pradesh government will cover the codes, labour welfare and social protection, days before the Centre's deadline for states to finish their rules.

From the editorial desk · LucknowPublished
Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya (file photo)
Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya (file photo)Photo: Dhruvdube / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Key points

  1. A two-day state-level Shram Samvad on the labour codes begins in Lucknow on 26 October.
  2. It is part of a campaign covering 316 districts in 90 days, launched on 28 September.
  3. The Centre has asked every state to have its code rules in place by 31 October.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment will hold a two-day state-level “Shram Samvad” in Lucknow from Monday, 26 October, on the labour codes, labour welfare and social protection, the ministry said on Saturday.

The programme is being organised with the state government. The ministry did not immediately set out who would speak or which groups of workers and employers would take part.

Lucknow is one stop in a wider push. On 28 September Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched Shram Samvad as a mass awareness campaign on the labour codes, aimed at industrial clusters in 316 districts across all 36 states and Union Territories over 90 days. “Wherever there is Samvaad, there is Samadhan,” Mandaviya said at the launch, stressing continuing dialogue among all stakeholders.

Why the states matter

The Lucknow programme comes in the last week before a deadline. Many provisions of the codes depend on rules framed by each state. The Centre has asked every state to have its rules in place by 31 October. Earlier this month the Labour Secretary said ten states had final rules and the rest had only drafts.

The release gives the programme three strands: the labour codes themselves, labour welfare, and social protection. The full agenda has not been published.

For Uttar Pradesh, the programme falls in the same week as the 31 October deadline. The ministry’s announcement does not say where the state stands on its own rules.

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