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Development cannot be a mindless process when it comes to the mountains. What we are witnessing is a slow man made death of the fragile Himalayas.
The government’s priority will be to work on labour laws and decriminalise certain key provisions in the laws. This is a key area because India has one of the largest workforces in the world
In 2019 and 2020, 29 central labour laws were amalgamated, rationalised and simplified into four labour codes, viz, the Code on Wages, 2019; the Industrial Relations Code, 2020; the Code on Social Security, 2020; and the Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020.
With safety provisions increasingly influencing free trade agreements (FTAs), Ahuja highlighted the imperative of maintaining high safety standards to avoid these being used as potential trade barriers that could restrict India's growth.
It is crucial to address safety and labour issues, as non-compliance could lead to non-tariff trade barriers, impeding our growth story, says Union Labour Secretary Arti Ahuja