Relaxation of labour laws across states
Distilled Policy Brief
- Labour falls under the Concurrent List of the Constitution, allowing both Parliament and State Legislatures to make laws regulating labour.
🎯 Prelims High-Yield Examination Points
Labour is included in the Concurrent List of the Indian Constitution, meaning both Parliament and State Legislatures can legislate on it.
⚖️ Mains Analytical & Syllabus Linkages
Analyze the implications of state-level labour law relaxations on federalism, ease of doing business, and labour rights in India.
🎯 UPSC Prelims Practice Drill
With reference to the regulation of labour in India under the Constitution, consider the following statements: 1. Labour falls under the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, empowering both Parliament and State Legislatures to legislate on the subject. 2. If a state-level labour law enacted by a State Legislature is incompatible with a central law, the state law will automatically prevail in that state without any exceptions. Which of the statements given above is/or correct?
- [A] 1 only
- [B] 2 only
- [C] Both 1 and 2
- [D] Neither 1 nor 2
▶ Reveal Official Answer & Analytical Explanation
Labour falls under the Concurrent List of the Constitution, allowing both Parliament and State Legislatures to make laws regulating it, making Statement 1 correct. While central laws generally prevail in cases of incompatibility, a state law that is incompatible with central laws may still prevail in that state if it has received the assent of the President, making Statement 2 incorrect.
🏛️ Historical Twin PYQ Anchor (2021)
Consider the following statements regarding the "National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)": 1. It is implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. 2. Central Pollution Control Board acts as the sole regulatory executive body.