Covid-19 crisis: UP exempts biz from all but 4 labour laws for 3 years

State government says it will boost investment; experts term it an attack on fundamental rights

The Uttar Pradesh government has approved an Ordinance exempting businesses from the purview of almost all the labour laws for the next three years, to give a fillip to investment in the state, affected by Covid-19.
 

“Horticultural and economic activities have been severely affected and slowed down in the state due to the outbreak of COVID-19. This is because businesses and economic activities came to a halt during the national lockdown,” a press statement dated May 6, issued by the state government, said.
 

It said the government had cleared the “Uttar Pradesh Temporary Exemption from Certain Labour Laws Ordinance, 2020”