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India Briefing answers some frequently asked questions foreign hiring managers may have regarding the minimum wage in India.

We track the status of India's four new labor codes as respective state governments are expected to release draft rules for implementation.

Labour Codes- 2020-Some Reflections Prof. (Dr.) D. Mukhopadhyay According to the classical economists, labour, in terms of importance of factors of production, comes next to capital. It is perhaps impossible to carry out any production of goods and generation of service without scientific intervention of labour in any economy. Even in highly automated production and distribution system, at least one human being is required to switch on and switch off the automotive machine. Possibly, its functi...

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The Diminishing Power Of Labour While the coronavirus is hurting working people, especially lower-income workers, it is mainly exacerbating underlying inequalities in the economy. outlookindia.com 2021-01-12T07:37:30+05:30 In 2020, the US economy shed a net 9.37 million jobs, exceeding the 5.05 million jobs lost in 2009 in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Hardest hit last year were hotels, restaurants and related industries, driving up unemployment among minorities, the yo...

Caught between debt and landlessness, Punjab’s protesting women assert fight for rights 13 December 2020 On 5 December 2020, thousands of protesters camp at Singhu, a small town on the Delhi-Haryana border. The agitation had begun on 26 November when farmers, labourers and agricultural workers from Punjab and Haryana marched to Delhi to protest three farm laws enacted by the central government in September 2020. Women protesters, though small in numbers by comparison, formed...