CAPF AC 2025 Q25: Indian Economy – Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes
The Code on Wages was notified by the Government of India in the year
- (a) 2019
- (b) 2020
- (c) 2021
- (d) 2022
Answer: (a) 2019
Explanation
Code on Wages
How to think: the Code on Wages is one of four labour codes that combined 29 central labour laws.
It was the first of the codes to be passed, in 2019.
| Code | Year passed |
|---|---|
| Code on Wages | 2019 (assent 8 August 2019) |
| Industrial Relations Code | 2020 |
| Code on Social Security | 2020 |
| Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code | 2020 |
The Code on Wages merged four laws: the Payment of Wages Act, Minimum Wages Act, Payment of Bonus Act and Equal Remuneration Act.
It introduced a national floor wage and applies to all employees.
Answer: (a) 2019.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) CORRECT. The Code on Wages, 2019 was enacted and notified in 2019.
- (b) Incorrect. 2020 is the year of the other three labour codes.
- (c) Incorrect. 2021 saw only draft rules, not the Code itself.
- (d) Incorrect. 2022 is not the year of the Code on Wages.
Key point
Code on Wages, 2019: merges four wage laws (Wages, Minimum Wages, Bonus, Equal Remuneration); national floor wage; passed August 2019. Other three codes passed in 2020.
Remember
Code on Wages = 2019; the other three codes = 2020.
Common mistakes
- Placing all four labour codes in 2020.
- Mixing the Act's year (2019) with the later year the rules were framed.
- Forgetting that its name carries the year: Code on Wages, 2019.
Exam tip
Educated guess: the Act's official title is 'The Code on Wages, 2019'. The year is in its name.
Sources
- Ministry of Labour and Employment, The Code on Wages, 2019 (Act No. 29 of 2019)
- PIB, Ministry of Labour and Employment: four labour codes