UPPCS Prelims 2021 · GS Paper I: Which of the following labour related Acts have been amalgamated into the 'Code on…
Which of the following labour related Acts have been amalgamated into the 'Code on Wages, 2019' ?
I. Minimum Wages Act
II. Payment of Bonus Act
III. The Contract Labour Act
IV. Equal Remuneration Act
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Answer (c) & explanation
Option (c), I, II and IV only, is correct. The Code on Wages, 2019 merged four laws: the Payment of Wages Act 1936, the Minimum Wages Act 1948 (I), the Payment of Bonus Act 1965 (II) and the Equal Remuneration Act 1976 (IV). It introduced a national floor wage and a uniform definition of wages. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 (III) was merged into the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, so options (b) and (d) are wrong, and option (a) leaves out IV. Concept: the four labour codes (Wages, Industrial Relations, Social Security and OSH) consolidated 29 central laws and came into force on 21 November 2025.
The Equal Remuneration Act was also absorbed; only the listed Act that is outside the four is to be dropped.
Question as printed in UPPSC's official question booklet. Source: uppsc.up.nic.in
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