LOOK AT Indian data and strange patterns start to emerge. Why, for example, do over 95% of industrial firms employ fewer than ten workers, and many others exactly 99? Why are garment factories ...

India’s 2025 labour reforms increase flexibility, but without stronger social protection and skills investment they will not deliver sustained manufacturing growth.

As we entered 2026, amidst a flurry of geopolitical developments, India moved a step closer to making labour reforms a reality. The Ministry of Labour released draft rules under the four consolidated ...

NEW DELHI, Nov 21 (Reuters) - India's federal government said on Friday it was implementing four new labour codes, overhauling outdated rules governing factories and workers for decades. Labour codes ...

How India’s New Labour Codes Will Reshape Payroll and Compliance Your email has been sent India’s new labour law framework, effective 21 November 2025, marks one of the most significant overhauls of ...

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 ...

Although a larger proportion of India's population is of working age, those between the ages of 15 and 64 only make up 51% of the country's labor force, compared to 76% in China. "To achieve the same ...

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 ...

Customary systems like Kamiyas in Bihar, Sagris in Rajasthan, and Gothis in Odisha persist till date. Customary systems like Kamiyas in Bihar, Sagris in Rajasthan, and Gothis in Odisha persist. On ...