Jaipur hosts second regional conference on implementing the four Labour Codes
Union Minister of State for Labour Shobha Karandlaje inaugurated a two-day regional conference of Labour, Employment and Industry Secretaries of States/UTs in Jaipur on 14 January 2026 on implementing the four Labour Codes.
Summary
Jaipur hosted a two-day regional conference of Labour, Employment and Industry Secretaries of States and UTs from 14 January 2026, inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje. It is the second of five regional conferences planned by the Labour Ministry to help States implement the four Labour Codes, which codify 29 labour laws, and to discuss issues concerning ESIC, EPFO and the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana. Union Labour Secretary Vandana Gurnani and Rajasthan Minister of State Gautam Kumar Dak also attended.
Key facts
- Event
- Regional conference of Labour, Employment and Industry Secretaries of States/UTs
- Place and date
- Jaipur, from 14 January 2026 (two days)
- Series
- Second of five regional conferences
- Focus
- Four Labour Codes (29 laws codified); ESIC, EPFO, PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana
- Inaugurated by
- MoS Labour Shobha Karandlaje
Practice MCQs 2 questions
How many labour laws have been codified into the four Labour Codes, as noted at the Jaipur regional conference in January 2026?
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Correct answer: B — 29
PIB (Labour): the MoS highlighted the codification of 29 labour laws into four Labour Codes.
The regional conference on Labour Code implementation held in Jaipur in January 2026 was which in the Labour Ministry's planned series of five?
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Correct answer: B — Second
PIB (Labour): the Jaipur conference was the second in a series of five regional conferences.