UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya Launches Nationwide Annual Health Check-Up Initiative for Workers under Labour Codes
Q1. Among the four Labour Codes that came into force on 21 November 2025, which one was the FIRST to be enacted and notified by Parliament?
- A. Code on Wages, 2019
- B. Industrial Relations Code, 2020
- C. Code on Social Security, 2020
- D. Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
Q2. Under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948, who serves as the ex-officio Chairman of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)?
- A. Union Minister of Labour and Employment
- B. Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment
- C. Director General, ESIC
- D. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Q3. Section 46 of the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 enumerates the statutorily guaranteed social security benefits payable by the ESI Corporation to insured persons or their dependants. With reference to this, consider the following benefits:
1. Sickness benefit
2. Old-age pension
3. Maternity benefit
4. Funeral expenses
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as benefits envisaged under Section 46 of the ESI Act, 1948?
- Sickness benefit
- Old-age pension
- Maternity benefit
- Funeral expenses
- A. 1 and 3 only
- B. 2 and 4 only
- C. 1, 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q4. With reference to the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), the implementing agency of the nationwide Annual Health Check-Up Initiative launched in May 2026, which one of the following statements best describes its character?
- A. It is a statutory body constituted under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948, functioning under the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
- B. It is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare mandated to provide universal health coverage to all Indian citizens.
- C. It is a constitutional body created to enforce all four Labour Codes across the Union and the States.
- D. It is a public sector undertaking providing reinsurance cover to private health insurers operating in India.
Q5. With reference to the nationwide Annual Health Check-Up Initiative for workers launched by the Union Minister of Labour & Employment in May 2026, consider the following statements regarding its features:
1. It provides free annual health check-ups to workers aged 40 years and above.
2. The nationwide programme was inaugurated simultaneously at 12 locations across India.
3. The initiative is operationalised through the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC).
4. For workers engaged in hazardous occupations, eligibility for the check-up is restricted to those aged 40 years and above.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
- It provides free annual health check-ups to workers aged 40 years and above.
- The nationwide programme was inaugurated simultaneously at 12 locations across India.
- The initiative is operationalised through the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC).
- For workers engaged in hazardous occupations, eligibility for the check-up is restricted to those aged 40 years and above.
- A. 1, 2 and 3 only
- B. 1, 3 and 4 only
- C. 2 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q6. The terms 'gig worker' and 'platform worker' received their first-ever statutory definition in Indian law exclusively under which one of the following?
- A. Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008
- B. Industrial Relations Code, 2020
- C. Code on Social Security, 2020
- D. Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
Q7. With reference to the social security framework envisaged for gig and platform workers under the Code on Social Security, 2020, consider the following benefits:
1. Life and disability cover
2. Accident insurance
3. Unemployment allowance under the ESI scheme
4. Health and maternity benefits
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as benefits explicitly provided for under the Code for gig and platform workers?
- Life and disability cover
- Accident insurance
- Unemployment allowance under the ESI scheme
- Health and maternity benefits
- A. 1, 2 and 4
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q8. In which year was the e-Shram portal — conceived as the National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW) — launched by the Ministry of Labour and Employment?
- A. 2019
- B. 2020
- C. 2021
- D. 2022
Q9. The provision granting every eligible employee a free annual health check-up, which underpins the nationwide health check-up initiative launched in May 2026 for workers aged 40 and above, is statutorily mandated under which one of the following?
- A. The Factories Act, 1948
- B. The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948
- C. The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
- D. The Code on Social Security, 2020
Q10. Which one of the following is the nodal Union Ministry responsible for administering the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, under which the nationwide annual health check-up initiative for workers is being rolled out?
- A. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- B. Ministry of Labour and Employment
- C. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
- D. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Q11. Under the Nationwide Annual Health Check-Up Initiative for workers launched in May 2026, the term 'Insured Person', which determines eligibility for the free preventive health screening, derives its statutory definition from which one of the following?
- A. Code on Social Security, 2020
- B. Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948
- C. Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
- D. Code on Wages, 2019
Q12. The Nationwide Annual Health Check-Up Initiative for workers under the Labour Codes, inaugurated by Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya on 7 May 2026, was simultaneously rolled out across how many ESIC locations in India?
Q13. Article 43A of the Constitution of India, which directs the State to take steps to secure the participation of workers in the management of undertakings, establishments or other organisations engaged in any industry, was inserted in Part IV solely by which one of the following constitutional amendments?
- A. The Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976
- B. The Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978
- C. The Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992
- D. The Constitution (Ninety-seventh Amendment) Act, 2011