Bill to provide social security to workers introduced in Lok Sabha

This code seeks to make Aadhaar mandatory for availing of benefits under various social security schemes

The government on Wednesday tabled the much-awaited social security code in the Lok Sabha, which, among other things, seeks to empower the Centre to provide social security to workers employed in the gig economy.

The Bill, tabled by labour minister Santosh Gangwar, has a provision for differential rates of employees’ contribution to their provident fund for a specified period, for a certain class of employees.

This code, which would subsume nine central labour Acts, seeks to make Aadhaar mandatory for availing of benefits under various social security schemes.

It has an enabling provision to empower the Centre to set up funds for providing