Industry demands labour reforms, cheap power from Yogi government

Suggest ways to improve 'ease of doing business' index

As Uttar Pradesh gears up for foundation laying of projects worth almost Rs 600 billion at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 29, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Friday urged the Yogi Adityanath government for labour reforms and reducing industrial power tariffs to further boost its 'ease of doing business' index.

"There have been positive developments in UP under the present dispensation, including improvement in law and order, power situation and infrastructure development. However, we feel the state also should liberalise labour laws to make it easier to do business here," CII Northern Region chairman Sachit