Pariksha SaathiLabour Ministry notifies the National Social Security Board for Unorganised Workers and Gig & Platform Workers, to be presided over by the Union Minister for Labour & Employment
The Ministry of Labour & Employment said on 30 October 2026 that it has notified the constitution of the National Social Security Board for Unorganised Workers and Gig & Platform Workers under the Labour Codes, calling it a landmark step towards comprehensive social security for India's massive informal workforce. Established under the statutory framework of the Code on Social Security, the Boards, the Ministry said, mark a historic shift by integrating digital gig and platform professionals into India's formal welfare architecture. The Boards will be presided over by the Union Minister for Labour & Employment and comprise representatives from the Central and State Governments, prominent aggregator companies, employers, civil society organisations, workers' unions and gig & platform associations. They are mandated to design, monitor and recommend targeted welfare schemes to bridge the social security gap for millions of gig and platform workers alongside traditional unorganised workers. The National Social Security Boards shall meet at least thrice a year and observe the rules of procedure for the transaction of business at their meetings prescribed by the Central Government. Their functions are to recommend to the Central Government the framing of suitable schemes for different sections of unorganised workers, gig workers and platform workers; to advise the Central Government on such matters arising out of the administration of the Code as may be referred to them; to monitor such social welfare schemes for unorganised workers, gig workers and platform workers as are administered by the Central Government; to review the record keeping functions performed at the State level; to review the expenditure from the fund and account; and to undertake other functions assigned to them by the Central Government from time to time.
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Learning context
On 21 November 2025 the Government of India announced that the four Labour Codes - the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 - were being made effective from that day, rationalising 29 existing labour laws. Under the Code on Social Security, 2020, all workers, including gig and platform workers, are to get social security coverage. The Codes define 'gig work', 'platform work' and 'aggregators' for the first time; aggregators must contribute 1-2% of their annual turnover, capped at 5% of the amount paid or payable to gig and platform workers, and an Aadhaar-linked Universal Account Number is to make welfare benefits easy to access, fully portable and available across States, regardless of migration. The release said India's social security coverage had risen from about 19% of the workforce in 2015 to more than 64% in 2025.
Check yourself: from what date were the four Labour Codes made effective, and how many existing labour laws do they rationalise?
21 November 2025; 29.
Revision task: from this release, note the Board's name, the Code under which it is established, who presides over it, who is represented on it, how often it must meet and its six functions; from the note, the four Labour Codes with their years, the date they were made effective, the number of laws they rationalise, the aggregators' contribution and the rise in social security coverage.
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According to the Ministry of Labour & Employment, who will preside over the National Social Security Board for Unorganised Workers and Gig & Platform Workers?
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Answer: Union Minister for Labour & Employment
The Ministry of Labour & Employment says the Boards will be presided over by the Union Minister for Labour & Employment and comprise representatives from the Central and State Governments, prominent aggregator companies, employers, civil society organisations, workers' unions and gig & platform associations. Established under the statutory framework of the Code on Social Security, the National Social Security Boards shall meet at least thrice a year.
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