The UT Administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu has published the draft Social Security Rules, 2026 vide Notification No. LE/LI/DMN/SSR/210542/2026/221 dated 20 July 2026 under the Code on Social Security, 2020, superseding ten old rules of the UT. Objections and suggestions can be filed within forty five days, and the final rules will take effect from their publication in the Official Gazette.

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Draft rules framed under sections 154 and 156 of the Code on Social Security, 2020.
Public can file objections and suggestions within forty five days in the prescribed four column proforma.
Final rules will come into force from the date of publication in the Official Gazette of the UT.
Ten old rules on workmen compensation, gratuity, maternity benefit, ESI medical benefit, unorganised workers and construction workers stand superseded.
Provides for the Unorganized Workers Social Security Board and the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board with three year member terms.
Fixed term employees become eligible for gratuity after one year of service at fifteen days wages per completed year.
Gratuity nomination in Form IV, application in Form VII within thirty days, and employer notice in Form VIII within fifteen days.
Competent authority must dispose gratuity applications within six months and appeals within ninety days.
Employer must deposit fifteen thousand rupees with the competent authority towards funeral expenses in case of death of an employee.
Register of women employees in Form XXI mandatory for every establishment employing women.
Maternity benefit complaints to be disposed by the Inspector cum Facilitator within forty five days.
BOCW cases payable within thirty days of project completion or assessment, and yearly for projects running beyond one year.
Appeal against cases assessment needs a fee of half percent of the disputed amount, capped at rupees twenty five thousand.
Unified annual return in Form XXII to be uploaded on the Central Government web portal by 1 February every year.
Employers must display a notice in English, Hindi and the local language naming the officer authorized to receive notices.
Vacancies to be reported to Career Centers at least fifteen days before the last date of application, with yearly return in Form XXV.
Compoundable offences can be settled by paying the composition amount within fifteen days of notice in Form XXIII.
A dedicated Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Social Security Fund to be constituted for unorganized worker schemes.

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DNH & Daman Diu Social Security Rules ,2026 (Draft)