Labour Reforms

Expanding social security for unorganised workers and pursuing states to make rules for labour codes will be the government's priority in 2023.

While the country can look forward to becoming a $25-30 trillion economy in its 100th year of Independence, it is also crucial to spread the gains of the future to everyone, including informal workers, agricultural labourers Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said.

The Indian Staffing Federation (ISF) has said that the union government should implement the labour reforms one by one.

Describing the government's response to the COVID-19 situation as "swift and substantial", the International Monetary Fund or IMF has said the country continued with labour reforms and privatisation despite the pandemic.

Greater reforms in labour sector and need to have enhanced investment in infrastructure will help achieve sustainable growth, says RBI Governor

The Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) has made a submission along with others to the Ministry of Labour and Employment over the ongoing public consultation on the Draft Code on Social Security (Central) Rules, 2020. It has also been signed by labour unions and civil society organisations to raise concerns about the implication...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hard sold his government's reforms spanning from manufacturing to taxation to labour, saying they have changed the world perception about the country from 'why India' to 'why not India' and went on to quote record foreign investment during the pandemic as a testimony to that.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government used the Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to drive wide-ranging reforms.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wooed global investors by showcasing the recent agriculture and labour reforms and faster-than-anticipated reflating of the economy and asserted that the government will do whatever it takes to make India the engine of global growth resurgence.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in New Zealand's general election Saturday, leveraging success battling Covid-19 to gain an unprecedented outright majority and the chance to implement her reform agenda.

The coronavirus pandemic has not stopped India from undertaking bold economic reforms, Indian envoy to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said, urging the American businesses to take benefits of these "path-breaking" reforms in labour, space and agriculture sectors.

Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today hit out at the Centre over the passage of farm sector and labour reform bills, accusing it of being a "government of capitalists".

The Congress on Thursday attacked the government over three labour reform bills passed by Parliament with former party chief Rahul Gandhi alleging that workers were the target after farmers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the passage of key labour reform bills by Parliament, saying it will ensure well-being of workers and give a boost to economic growth.

Three of the four labour code bills, that comprise the government's flagship labour reforms, were passed by the Rajya Sabha today as opposition protests raged outside parliament. The opposition, which boycotted both houses since yesterday, had written to Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu, asking that the contentious bills not be passed "unilatera...

Expanding social security for unorganised workers and pursuing states to make rules for labour codes will be the government's priority in 2023.

While the country can look forward to becoming a $25-30 trillion economy in its 100th year of Independence, it is also crucial to spread the gains of the future to everyone, including informal workers, agricultural labourers Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said.

The Indian Staffing Federation (ISF) has said that the union government should implement the labour reforms one by one.

Describing the government's response to the COVID-19 situation as "swift and substantial", the International Monetary Fund or IMF has said the country continued with labour reforms and privatisation despite the pandemic.

Greater reforms in labour sector and need to have enhanced investment in infrastructure will help achieve sustainable growth, says RBI Governor

The Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) has made a submission along with others to the Ministry of Labour and Employment over the ongoing public consultation on the Draft Code on Social Security (Central) Rules, 2020. It has also been signed by labour unions and civil society organisations to raise concerns about the implication...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hard sold his government's reforms spanning from manufacturing to taxation to labour, saying they have changed the world perception about the country from 'why India' to 'why not India' and went on to quote record foreign investment during the pandemic as a testimony to that.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government used the Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to drive wide-ranging reforms.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wooed global investors by showcasing the recent agriculture and labour reforms and faster-than-anticipated reflating of the economy and asserted that the government will do whatever it takes to make India the engine of global growth resurgence.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in New Zealand's general election Saturday, leveraging success battling Covid-19 to gain an unprecedented outright majority and the chance to implement her reform agenda.

The coronavirus pandemic has not stopped India from undertaking bold economic reforms, Indian envoy to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said, urging the American businesses to take benefits of these "path-breaking" reforms in labour, space and agriculture sectors.

Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today hit out at the Centre over the passage of farm sector and labour reform bills, accusing it of being a "government of capitalists".

The Congress on Thursday attacked the government over three labour reform bills passed by Parliament with former party chief Rahul Gandhi alleging that workers were the target after farmers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the passage of key labour reform bills by Parliament, saying it will ensure well-being of workers and give a boost to economic growth.

Three of the four labour code bills, that comprise the government's flagship labour reforms, were passed by the Rajya Sabha today as opposition protests raged outside parliament. The opposition, which boycotted both houses since yesterday, had written to Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu, asking that the contentious bills not be passed "unilatera...