UP's Yogi Adityanath govt is walking the tightrope on labour reforms

While UP has miles to cover in terms of labour reforms and liberalising related laws, the Adityanath govt has so far amended about a dozen labour laws for a more conducive manufacturing landscape

A few days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched projects totalling Rs 600 billion in Lucknow at a glittering ceremony on July 29, a delegation of industrialists under the aegis of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) had called upon Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for ushering in labour reforms for faster industrial development and boosting the ‘ease of doing business’ index.

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