One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
The Labour ministry is taking the correct view. If labour laws need to be amended to allow employers more flexibility in hiring and firing, that should come from a substantive dialogue with all stakeholders. Not these Ordinances rushed through at a time when the working class – in both the organised and unorganised sectors – is facing a tsunami of distress. In any case, for serious job creation to take place, states like UP and MP will have to do a lot more on infrastructure and other fronts as well. It is also true that some of the rights like an eight hour working day have been secured by workers after long periods of exploitation. ILO’s concerns are justified.
Advisory appears just to convince ILO else the government should have acted immediately when the amendments were announced. Still doubtful if the intent is to ensure compliance of labour laws or just a paper work with leeway to states to go ahead with modifications in name of reforms.
The Labour ministry is taking the correct view. If labour laws need to be amended to allow employers more flexibility in hiring and firing, that should come from a substantive dialogue with all stakeholders. Not these Ordinances rushed through at a time when the working class – in both the organised and unorganised sectors – is facing a tsunami of distress. In any case, for serious job creation to take place, states like UP and MP will have to do a lot more on infrastructure and other fronts as well. It is also true that some of the rights like an eight hour working day have been secured by workers after long periods of exploitation. ILO’s concerns are justified.
Advisory appears just to convince ILO else the government should have acted immediately when the amendments were announced. Still doubtful if the intent is to ensure compliance of labour laws or just a paper work with leeway to states to go ahead with modifications in name of reforms.