The four Labour Codes implemented by India aim to balance employment flexibility with job protection while formalizing jobs.

Narendra Modi government says the reforms will simplify rules and expand worker protections, but unions warn of eroded rights ...

Ten large Indian trade unions condemned the government's rollout on Friday of new labour codes, the biggest such overhaul in ...

Essential appointment letters and better contract terms and benefits are provided for fixed-term and contract workers.

The Union government has notified four new labour codes, which introduce new protections for India’s gig workers.

It is shocking that in 2025, a democratic republic that rests on the Indian Constitution would look backwards to a two-millennia-old text that codified caste hierarchy, gender subjugation, and ritual ...

Global bodies including the ILO and ISSA have welcomed India's new Labour Codes. The reforms, effective Nov 21, 2025, are ...

India holds a 3 per cent share of global gross domestic product (GDP) and constitutes 17 per cent of the world’s population. But only 22 per cent of its 25–64-year-olds have attained upper secondary ...

Through the country's 'Make in India' policy, which aims to promote domestic entrepreneurship and attract foreign investment into high-tech export industries, India's focus on self-reliance has ...

HARISH AHUJA is the chairman of Shahi Exports, India’s biggest exporter of clothes. Two things about his business surprise. With some 50 factories and $1bn in annual revenues, Shahi is managing to ...

In a dystopian economy such as India’s, the pursuit of social justice remains a utopian agenda. Despite globalization, the general equilibrium rests on social exclusion, consumption disaggregation, ...

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's government launched an online portal on Tuesday to register, rescue and rehabilitate child workers, as part of a drive to curb the exploitation of ...