Gujarat Assembly Passes Act to Allow Shops & Businesses Remain Open 24X7
- The Gujarat state Assembly has passed a new Act ‘Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2019’ that will allow shops and other businesses in the state to operate 24 hours.
- The Act came into force from May 1, 2019.
- It replaces the Gujarat Shops and Establishments Act of 1948 which prohibited shops and other businesses from operating between 12 am to 6 am.