UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Government notifies National Social Security Board for Unorganised Workers and Gig & Platform Workers under the Labour Codes

Q1. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. The National Social Security Board for gig and platform workers does not itself run welfare schemes for these workers.
  2. The National Social Security Board is a statutory body constituted under the Code on Social Security, 2020.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q2. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. A State Legislature may enact its own law on the social security of platform-based gig workers even though Parliament has enacted the Code on Social Security, 2020.
  2. Social security and social insurance are matters in the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q3. With reference to how the four Labour Codes moved from enactment to implementation, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A Labour Code enacted by Parliament can remain inoperative until the Government notifies the date on which it comes into force.
  2. The coming into force of the Code on Social Security, by itself, entitles gig workers to specific benefits without any scheme having to be framed.
  3. Relevant provisions of the earlier labour Acts and their rules continue to operate during the transition period after the Codes came into force.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q4. Consider the following assertion: Extending social security to gig and platform workers requires a funding design different from the wage-linked employer-employee contribution model of schemes such as provident fund. Which of the statements given below support/supports the above assertion?

  1. Gig workers earn outside a traditional employer-employee relationship, so there is no single employer on whom wage-linked contributions can be fixed.
  2. A platform worker may work through several online platforms at the same time.
  3. Social security and social insurance are matters in the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q5. Suppose a State enacts a law for platform-based gig workers that levies a welfare fee on aggregators calculated on each payout to a worker, while the central Code on Social Security, 2020 levies a contribution calculated on the aggregator's annual turnover. In this context, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Where the two laws are inconsistent, the State law prevails within that State because the workers concerned work there.
  2. If a provision of the State law is repugnant to the central Code, the central law prevails to the extent of the repugnancy, unless the State law was reserved for the President's consideration and received assent.
  3. Even after a State law has received the President's assent and prevails in that State, Parliament can later enact a law on the same matter that amends or repeals it.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 1 and 2 only