Four labour codes to benefit gig workers, enhance ease of doing business: Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry
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SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP

Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the four recently announced labour codes would provide relief to unorganised and gig workers as it simplified processes and ensured access to proper facilities, social security and better working conditions.

As many as 29 labour laws have been simplified and grouped into four labour codes to minimise paperwork and reduce approval requirements, Goyal said speaking at the National Trade Leaders Conference in New Delhi on Tuesday.

The new labour codes promote better labour practices, ensure occupational safety for workers, guarantee minimum wages at the national level, and extend social security benefits, including for gig workers, he said. These codes will also promote ease of doing business, the Minister added.

On further decriminalisation of minor business offences, Goyal said the government had already started work on the third edition of Jan Vishwas bill and identified about 275-300 provisions, which could be decriminalised.

The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2025, which seeks to decriminalise certain minor offences to promote ease of living and business, was introduced in the Lok Sabha in August and referred to a Select Committee.

The committee has to be ready with its report and submit it to the House by the first day of the next session of Parliament.

Goyal suggested that the traders’ community should identify additional provisions that could be decriminalised and provide them to the government.

On the issue of  ‘one nation, one licence’, the Minister said traders should submit a framework for that, which he would share with states like Maharashtra, as it was a state subject.

Published on November 25, 2025