Education Support for Wards of Unorganised Workers Strengthened in Alignment with Code on Social Security, 2020

• A Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoLE) reform (announced 23 Feb 2026) strengthens the existing welfare-oriented education scholarship for wards of Beedi, Cine, IOMC and LSD mine workers in furtherance of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (CoSS).
• The reform engineers convergence of the welfare (need-based) scholarship with merit-based scholarships routed through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP), aiming at inclusive social protection for unorganised workers.
• High UPSC value: intersects GS-II (welfare schemes, vulnerable sections) and GS-III (labour codes, informal economy).