Workers cut designs out of leather hides in the design section of a Sam Footwear workshop in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. (Photographer: Udit Kulshrestha/Bloomberg)
An overhaul of India’s labour laws has been long pending. The four new codes that replace 29 laws usher in beneficial provisions, such as expanding the scope of social security and streamlining dispute resolution.Yet, there are aspects in the new Codes that have workers, trade unions and labour rights activists worried. Experts point out that by revising key thresholds and safeguards, the government has weakened some of the existing ...