Lockdown: UP labour reforms will spur investment, create jobs: MSMEs

MSME chamber IIA urges labour unions to support these relaxations

The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) have hailed the Uttar Pradesh government's labour reforms saying it will spur fresh investment and create job opportunities amid the Covid-19 lockdown.

The Yogi Adityanath cabinet had on Wednesday approved the urgent proposal to amend several labour laws through an ordinance to facilitate the speedy revival of largely paralysed business and industrial activities in UP.

The government has given its nod to the ordinance, which exempts businesses from the purview of major labour laws for three years to overcome the challenges of covid-19 lockdown by purportedly attracting fresh investment, enable faster resumption of