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All four Labour Codes now retain their existing canonical URLs while section and Central Rule pages include the full official text, section/rule-specific operative-clause analysis, thresholds, cross-references, examples and Q&A.

Current source set

Code commencement instruments through 2025, final Central Rules notified 8 May 2026, and official Ministry/India Code sources checked 20 August 2026. State rules and later notifications remain jurisdiction-specific.

Labour
Act 35 of 2020 · effective 21 November 2025

Industrial Relations Code — section and rule repository

Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 20 August 2026

Page content

Provision-level legal architecture for unions, standing orders, disputes, strikes, restructuring, unfair practices, penalties and transition.

50 Central Rules

Exact Gazette text and section concordance.

Open rules →

Legal freshness

Code source

India Code consolidated text as on 2 April 2026, including the 2026 section 104 amendment.

Central Rules

G.S.R. 342(E), 8 May 2026: 50 rules and Forms I–XVI.

Model orders

S.O. 2312(E), 8 May 2026: mining, manufacturing and service schedules.

State law

Use the State overlay whenever the State Government is the appropriate Government.

Open concordance 2026 transition State overlay

Source and review trail

Use the current official instrument, portal or regulator publication before acting. This panel separates the category authority from page-specific references.

This page reflects the published text; publication of a Code or Central Rule does not by itself establish its commencement date or applicability in every State.

Official starting point
www.labour.gov.in