Business
COVID-19 Lockdown: Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh watering down labour laws is a body blow to the working class
If these ordinances are not repealed, we risk a return to a regime where labour is again pushed back to fighting for elementary right of the eight hour working day
India
Budget 2018: Farm sector gets a boost but customs duty hikes to protect domestic market dampen reform spirit
The Budget in many ways reverts to the Indian practice of introducing ‘reforms by stealth’.
Economy
Modi's federalism at work: Vasundhara Raje takes the bull of labour reforms by the horns
Emboldened by a friendly government at the centre led by Modi, Vasundhara Raje is making a bold attempt to reform labour laws in her state. States may now lead reforms using their federal powers
India
Govt may amend Contract Labour Act
Retail, telecom, manufacturing pharma, hospitality and agriculture, it said, are increasingly going flexi.