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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicLabour laws

Topic: labour laws

India’s 300-odd labour laws created complexity, confusion. Four new Labour Codes fix that

A young workforce entering a changing labour market needs rules that recognise mobility, skill transitions, and new forms of work. Laws rooted in past industrial models cannot serve this future.

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with global market & build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

New labour codes are a simplification that’s been long overdue. Its a strategic shift

Imposition of formal rights and digital compliance mechanisms introduces new expectations for both employers and workers. This transition will require sustained awareness efforts.

Sangh affiliate Mazdoor Sangh calls on Modi govt to implement 2 of 4 labour codes without delay

Calling for immediate implementation of Wage Code and Social Security Code, BMS is opposed to clauses in Industrial Relations Code and Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code.

Even as Centre dithers on notifying labour codes, most states amend labour laws to attract investments

Parliament had passed codes that consolidated 29 central labour laws between 2019 & 2020 but are yet to notify them. Meanwhile, even non-BJP ruled states have eased labour laws.

Naidu govt approves 10-hr workdays, night shifts for women in bid to attract more industry, investment

The amendment bills are expected to be introduced in the next assembly session.

Swiss court hands 4 members of billionaire Hinduja family jail terms for exploiting domestic staff

Hinduja Group Europe chairman Prakash Hinduja, wife Kamal, son Ajay & daughter-in-law Namrata convicted for worker exploitation, illegal employment. Human trafficking charges dismissed.

‘Labourers forced to fight tooth & nail’ — HC rules against Safdarjung Hospital in 2-decade-old dispute

Court upholds 2002 labour court ruling against the hospital, says judicial delays lead to 'poor litigants losing faith in the justice system'.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.