The Congress Saturday accused the Centre of repackaging 29 existing labour laws into four codes , saying the Narendra Modi government should “learn from the example” of the Congress-run Karnataka government.

Reacting to the Centre’s move to implement the long-pending labour codes, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh listed out workers’ key demands and asked whether the new codes would actually make “Shramik Nyay a reality”.

The four labour codes are the Code of Wages (2019, Industrial Relations Code (2020), Code on Social Security (2020) and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (2020). Effective Friday. These codes will replace the 29 fragmented laws with a unified, modern framework.

Taking to X, Ramesh posted, “Over five years after they were cleared by

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