Draft published under the Code on Social Security, 2020
G.S.R. 935(E). Draft Social Security 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 Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026 (G.S.R. 344(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. 935(E).—Whereas, subsequent to the enactment of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020) (The said Code) by Parliament, the draft Code on Social Security (Central) Rules, 2020 and the draft Code on Social Security (Employee’s Compensation) (Central) Rules, 2021 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i) vide Notification number G.S.R.713 (E). dated 13th November, 2020 and
G.S.R. 385(E). dated 3rd June, 2021 respectively inviting objections and suggestions as required under sections 154, 155, 158 and 159 of the said Code; And whereas, vide notification number S.O. 1730 (E). dated 30th April, 2021, S.O. 2060(E). dated 3rd May, 2023, S.O. 5319 (E), dated 21st November, 2025 and S.O.5936 (E), dated 19th December, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (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 154 read with sub-section (2) thereof, and sub-section (1) of section 155 read with sub-section (2) thereof and Section 158 and sub-section (1) read with sub-section (2) of section 159 of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020) and read with section 24 of the General Clauses Act, 1897(10 of 1897) in in supersession of the-
(i) Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950;
(ii) Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1997;
(iii) Employees’ Provident Funds Appellate Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1997;
(iv) Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Rules, 1960;
(v) Maternity Benefit (Mines and Circus) Rules, 1963;
(vi) Payment of Gratuity (Central) Rules, 1972;
(vii) Cine-Workers Welfare Fund Rules, 1984; (viii) Building and other Constructions Workers’ Welfare Cess Rules, 1998;
(ix) Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Rules, 2009;
(x) Employee’s Compensation Rules, 1924;
(xi) Employee’s Compensation (Transfer of Money) Rules, 1935; and
(xii) Employee’s Compensation (Venue of Proceedings) Rules, 1996; made by the Central Government in exercise of the powers conferred by the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948(34 of 1948), The Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952(19 of 1952), The Employment Exchanges(Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959(31 of 1959), The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961(53 of 1961), The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972(39 of 1972), The Cine-Workers’ Welfare Fund Act, 1981(33 of 1981), The Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996(28 of 1996), The Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008 (33 of 2008) and The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923(8 of 1923), as the case may be, which are repealed by section 164 of the said Code on Social Security, 2020, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, are hereby notified, as required by section 158, for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and the notice is hereby given that the said draft notification will be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of forty-five days from the day 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 Supriya Ranjan Datta, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Room No.318, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001 or by e-mail – sr.datta@nic.in and tezveer.singh@nic.in. The objections and suggestions should be sent in a proforma containing column (1) specifying the name and address of the person/organization, column (2) specifying the chapter and rule or sub-rule which is proposed to be modified, column (3) specifying the revised rule or sub-rule proposed to be substituted and column (4) reasons therefor; Objections and suggestions, which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules before expiry of the period specified above, will be considered by the Central Government. Draft Rules