On December 28, 2024, the Ministry of Labour and Employment,
Government of India, published Year End Review
2024 specifying that all 36 States/UTs of India are
expected to complete harmonization and pre-publication of draft
rules under the four Labour Codes- Code on Wages, Code on Social
Security, Code on Industrial Relations, and Code on Occupational
Health & Safety, by March 31, 2025.
Significantly barring five States including West Bengal,
Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and UTs like Andaman & Nicobar
Islands, all others have pre-published the rules under the four
Labour Codes setting the stage for the much-awaited rollout of the
four Codes.
According to the said year-end review, Nagaland has recently
pre-published draft Rules under Code on Social Security and the
Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code while
Sikkim prepublished draft Rules under the Occupational Safety,
Health & Working Conditions Code and Andaman & Nicobar
Islands pre-published
