The Labour and Employment Department, Gujarat vide notification no: GHR/2020/163/CLA/152020/415126 has amended the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Gujarat) Rules, 1972. As per the amendment, the security amount for each of the workmen to be employed as contract labour is increased to Rupees five hundred and forty from the existing amount of Rupees two hundred and seventy. The amendment has further revised the fee structure and has also deleted the following provisions under the said rules : (1) Application for renewal of a licence, (2) Issue of duplicate certificate of registration or licence, (3) Grant of temporary certificate of registration and licence. Please refer to the notification for more details