For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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.