State govts change labour laws to spur economy | With Sumit Awasthi

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced wide-ranging changes in labour laws to stimulate economic activity in the state. Amid the COVID-19 outbreak and movement of labourers, the Rajasthan government has made changes in the working hours of labourers. The state government has extended the limit of wage hours to 12 hours, which was previously 8. While the Yogi Adityanath government has finalised an ordinance suspending a majority of labour laws in the state for three years.