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The Most Visible Suspects: Operation Toofan, Perumbavoor and Migrant workers
In this article, Vijeesh M and TN Divakaran draw attention to a subtle and troubling shift in Kerala society’s public discourse: how migrant workers, particularly in the context of...
Labour Rights Endangered: Four labour codes passed without worker or state governments’ consultation or consent
The Peoples’ Commission on Public Sector and Services comprising of well-known academics and former government servants apart from public intellectuals has called for the immediate revocation of the recently, unilaterally enacted Four Labour Codes; demanded that existing labour laws be brought fully in alignment with the letter and spirit of the Directive Principles of the Constitution and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to which India is a signatory
MNREGA to G RAM G: Ideological shift, erosion of rural workers’ rights, increase of fiscal burden on states
In continuance of its assault on constitutional rights, the Constitution itself and a rights based framework in rural work, the Modi 3.0 government’s introduction of a Bill to replace the MGNREGA 2005 twenty years later negates the basic concept and approach of a robust demand driven law
Every Wave Has a Memory: Women, Waters and the Promise of November 5
When the women of the sea rise, the tides...
‘Shankar Guha Niyogi: A Politics in red and green is testament to the path breaking experiments of a labour movement with a strong ecological...
The Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (CMM) with its all-encompassing vision that moved beyond a pure economist outlook and attempted to relate to national issues like war and militarism as also communalism
CJP submits detailed feedback to Labour Ministry on Draft Shram Shakti Niti 2025
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Responding to the Union Ministry of Labour’s invitation of suggestions on the recently drafted Draft Shram Shakti Niti 2025(National Labour and Employment Policy of India), Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has intervened with a detailed critique
Labour rights, health of workers hit in the name of “reform”: PUCL Maharashtra
A detailed statement by the Maharashtra unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has, with reasoned arguments, critiqued the recent decision of the MahaYuti government in Maharashtra to curtail labour rights in the name of “reform”; Maharashtra government’s decision is in line with other states like Telangana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura (two of these are Congress ruled states) which have also enacted similar legislations.
The Mubarakpur Saree in the Digital Age: Can e-commerce bypass traditional barriers?
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Beyond the Clock: Deconstructing Telangana’s Labour Law Reform and the Flawed Pursuit of Investment
Enabling long, ten hour work days and minimal payment of overtime compensation, the INC-ruled Telangana government pushes ‘reform’ at the cost of workmen’s rights, and justice
Beyond the Clock: Deconstructing Telangana’s Labour Law Reform and the Flawed Pursuit of Investment
On July 5, 2025, the Government of Telangana enacted...
Bengali Migrant Workers Detained in Odisha: Calcutta High Court demands answers, seeks coordination between states
Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer
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