Draft published under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020
G.S.R. 930(E). Draft Industrial Relations Code (Central) Rules, 2025
The Gazette gives notifications no heading; the title above is the Labour Ministry's title for the file in its document repository.
Draft: not law
This is a draft the Central Government published to invite objections and suggestions. It has no legal effect; the final text, where one has been notified, is what applies. The final rules are The Industrial Relations (Central) Rules, 2026 (G.S.R. 342(E)), 8 May 2026. Only the notification is shown below; the draft itself is in the official PDF.
Official text
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th December, 2025
G.S.R. 930 (E).—Whereas, subsequent to the enactment of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020) (The said Code) by Parliament, the draft Industrial Relations Code (Central) Rules, 2020 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i) vide Notification number G.S.R.684 (E), dated 29th October, 2020, G.S.R. 814 (E), 31st December, 2020, G.S.R. 815 (E) 31st December, 2020, G.S.R. 816 (E), 31st December, 2020 and G.S.R. 317(E) 4th May, 2021 inviting objections and suggestions as required under section 99 of the said Code; And whereas, vide notification number S.O. 5320 (E), dated 21st November, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section 3(ii), all the provisions of the said Code have been brought into the force. Now therefore, the following draft rules, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 99 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020) read with sub-section (2) of the said section and read with section 24 of The General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) in supersession of the-
(ii) The Industrial Disputes (Central) Rules, 1957; and
(iii) The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central Rules, 1946 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, are hereby notified, as required by sub-section (1) of said section 99, for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft notification will be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette in which this notification is published are made available to the public; Objections and suggestions, if any, may be addressed to Shri Govind Ram, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Labour and Employment, IR(PL) Section, Room No. 306, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001 or by email – irpl-mole@gov.in. The objections and suggestions should be sent in a proforma containing columns (i) specifying the name and address of the person/organization and column (ii) specifying the rule or sub-rule which is proposed to be modified and column (iii) specifying the revised rule or sub-rule proposed to be substituted and reasons therefore; Objections and suggestions, which may be received from any person or organization with respect to the said draft notification before expiry of the period specified above, will be considered by the Central Government.