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A start-up founder asks why India moved from about 29 central labour enactments to four Codes. Which is the most accurate reason behind this codification?

The main reason was to rationalise many overlapping central laws, with differing definitions, registers and returns, into four simpler Codes with uniform concepts and easier compliance. It did not make labour a Union-only subject, which remains on the Concurrent List, nor abolish association rights.

  1. ATo remove labour from the Concurrent List and make it a Union-only subject
  2. BTo rationalise multiple overlapping definitions and compliances into a simpler, uniform frameworkCorrect
  3. CTo abolish all rights of workers relating to association and bargaining
  4. DTo transfer enforcement entirely to the courts instead of inspectors

Explanation

Earlier laws had many differing definitions of terms such as wages and employee, and multiple registers, returns and authorities. Codification aimed to simplify, harmonise and ease compliance. Labour remains in the Concurrent List, and worker association rights are retained, so the other options are incorrect.

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