The government’s announcement of its intention to consolidate 44 labour laws into four broad codes was touted as the best labour reform initiative in years. “On a scale of 1-10, I will give 6 to the government on labour reforms,” said Shankar Aggarwal, a former secretary at the Union labour and employment ministry. “If you look at the government’s achievements in the past four years, labour reform initiatives cannot be ignored. There are perhaps three key reasons why labour reforms slowed down. “Politics is the art of the possible…but government did slow down on labour reform.

Source: Mint May 26, 2018 09:56 UTC