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Longer work hours on table in lockdown -Basant Kumar Mohanty

-The Telegraph

Labour ministry weighs proposal for essential goods, economists advise time limit

The central government is likely to allow select factories that produce essential items to engage workers beyond the stipulated eight hours a day.

The move is aimed at curbing footfall to ensure social distancing at workplaces and also averting a disruption in the supply chain of products like grocery items, medicines and processed food.

The suggestion for such a step β€” already implemented by the Congress government in Rajasthan β€” has come at a time the country enters the second phase of the Covid-19 lockdown till May 3.

β€œThe increase in working hours is being examined by a group of secretaries. The details of the procedure to make it effective are not clear yet,” a labour ministry official said.

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