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7 Report of the Steering 2001 Dr. S. P. Labour laws to be modernised and made
Committee on Labour Gupta, more harmonious. State Governments
& Employment for Member, maybe permitted to amend labour laws as
Tenth Five Year Plan Planning per their requirements, keeping in view the
(2002-07) Commission safety requirements of workers. Pension
and unemployment benefit for unorganized
workers to be considered.
8 Special Group on 2002 Dr. S. P. State Governments may be permitted to
Targeting 10 million Gupta, amend labour laws as per their requirements,
Employment Opportu- Chairman, but keeping in view safety requirements of
nities per year Planning workers. Pension and unemployment benefit
Commission for unorganized workers to be considered.
Avoid disproportionate regulatory burden
on small scale units. Self certification
by Units and random inspection may be
allowed.
9 Second National Com- 2002 Shri Ravindra Existing set of Central labour laws be
mission on Labour Varma grouped into four or five broad groups
pertaining to industrial relations, wages,
social security, safety and welfare & working
conditions and so on. The Commission
opined, “… in an attempt to rationalize
labour laws, we could, with advantage,
group the existing labour laws into well-
recognised functional groups. While the
ultimate object must be to incorporate all
such provisions in a comprehensive
Code, such a codification may have to be
done in stages and what we have proposed
is hopefully the first step’.Labour code
should also lay down a floor of substantive
labour rights or standards such as minimum
wages, maximum hours of work, minimum
standards of safety and health at workplace
etc as a form of basic law which would be
applicable to all workers. Need for National
Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW)
applicable to all employments. States to fix
Minimum Wages above NFLMW.
