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 ...

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 ...

When Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) last month disclosed a ₹2,100 crore-plus profit hit from the new labour codes, that was only the beginning. Of India’s top 30 companies, 25 that have reported ...

India’s Labour Codes came into force in November 2025, marking the most significant labour law reform since Independence. By consolidating 29 central laws into four Codes, the reform aims to simplify ...

Left, workers’ unions and farmers’ organisations on Thursday observed a nationwide 'Bharat Bandh' on Thursday in protest against the Central Government’s new Labour Codes and the India-US trade deal.

Whitehead Monckton, a leading law firm for Kent and the South East, and HR specialists Eclipse HR, will be hosting a FREE Employment Law webinar for employers and HR teams on Tuesday, 24 February. The ...

DMK Rajya Sabha member Tiruchi Siva on Monday urged the Centre to repeal the four labour codes or prepare for nationwide protests along the lines of the 2020-21 farmers’ agitation that forced the ...

Russia needs at least 2.3 million workers Migrant labour crucial to its war economy Russia using fewer workers from Central Asia Thousands of Indian workers being flown in instead MOSCOW, Feb 11 ...

Russia, Facing Labour Crunch Worsened by War, Pivots to India for Workers By Andrew Osborn and Ekaterina Maksimova MOSCOW, Feb 11 (Reuters) - A group of weary-looking Indian men carrying ⁠sports ⁠bags ...

India’s gig workers on quick commerce platforms ended 2025 on a rebellious note. Over 200,000 “delivery partners”– as the poorly-paid, overworked, and precarious delivery workers ferrying food, ...

A group of weary-looking Indian men carrying sports bags queued at passport control at a busy Moscow airport one recent evening after flying over 2,700 miles - and via Uzbekistan - to get work. "I ...