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New Delhi: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to postpone the implementation of controversial labor reforms until after local elections next year, a move that forced the reversal of some agricultural laws last week, according to people with knowledge of the matter. for fear of a similar reaction.
Federal government misses multiple deadlines to formally implement four labor codes – latest Is happening October — and no new targets have been set, the people said, asking not to be identified by the rules given when they spoke to the media. Parliament passed bills aimed at attract investment, which will make it easier to hire and remove employees in 2019 and 2020.
Around 10 trade unions have demanded repeal of agricultural laws as well as scrapping of labor codes.
Modi announced last week that he would withdraw the agrarian reform laws, his biggest policy reversal since coming to power in 2014, after prolonged street protests by farmers. He worked ahead of elections in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, which is likely to be a barometer of national sentiment ahead of the next federal election in 2024.
People said Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party was not ready to risk another popularity ahead of elections in five states next year. While the federal government has finalized rules related to industrial relations, wages, social security and workplace safety, only 10 states have created their own labor regulations in line with that guidance. Out of 28 states of India, 17 states are ruled by the BJP.
A Labor Ministry spokesman did not immediately respond to calls and messages seeking comment.bloomberg
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