-The Hindu They say several crucial laws have Been amended to tilt the balance in favour of industries Bengaluru: As the State government unveiled the New Industrial Policy, 2020–25, to attract investors, trade unions are protesting over the manner in which several crucial labour laws have Been amended to tilt the balance in favour of industries. The sweeping changes brought to Factories Act, Industrial Disputes Act, and Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act,...
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Women are bearing a disproportionate burden of pandemic, its consequences. This needs to be addressed -Neera Saggi
-The Indian Express This is not the first time women have Been left to fend for themselves and it is not the last time that they would be forced to identify their mode of survival whether in “ghare" or “baire” — within or outside her home. Society, grappling with the COVID-19 virus, the associated health crisis, and issues of economic revival, has missed out on the signals that reflect the impact of...
More »India’s Trade-relationship with China: The New Imperialism -BP Mathur
-MainstreamWeekly.net Chinese import have thrown a spanner in the wheel of India’s economic progress per se and industrial manufacturing in particular. The Chinese import is so hard hitting on Indian industry that many manufacturers have become traders. The impact of Chinese goods has Been such that India is threatened to become a country of importers and traders with domestic factories either cutting down production or shutting down completely...The country can...
More »Did EC hire BJP-linked firm for promotion during Maharashtra polls? Commission says we are probing -Sahil Joshi and Divyesh Singh
-IndiaToday.in Election Commission has sought a report from Maharashtra Chief Election Officer regarding allegations that the poll panel hired a BJP-linked firm for its social media promotion during assembly polls in 2019 The Election Commission of India (ECI) today said it has sought a report from the Maharashtra Chief Election Officer regarding allegations that the poll body hired a firm reportedly linked to the BJP IT cell for its social media promotions...
More »Between Household Abuse and Employer Apathy, Domestic Workers Bear the Brunt of Lockdown -Deepanshu Mohan, Kensiya Kennedy, Mansi Singh and Shivani Agarwal
-TheWire.in The nature of their work has exposed female workers to a higher degree of abuse and exploitation in the absence of an underlying social or economic safety net An indifferent government’s response to the current pandemic and its economic impact is now presenting a set of scenarios that is likely to exacerbate deep-rooted inequities, otherwise entrenched in different socio-political, economic forms. One particular group worst affected by the economic crisis, particularly within...
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