Who benefits from India’s sweeping new labour reforms?

India, location to the world’s second-largest workforce, is implementing its biggest labour changes successful decades. The authorities has compressed dozens of laws into 4 simplified codes.

It says the overhaul volition pull investment. This volition beryllium captious aft US President Donald Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs connected Indian goods.

The reforms see minimum wages, adjacent pay, and expanded societal security. But unions accidental the codes volition lone fortify employers’ power and impeach the authorities of “deceptive fraud”.

So, volition the changes summation India’s planetary competitiveness by streamlining rules? Or could they make caller risks for workers and productivity?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Harshil Sharma – Labour economist who specialises successful reforms and welfare

Surbhi Kesar – Senior lecturer successful economics astatine SOAS University of London

Sudip Dutta – National caput of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions