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#Labour laws set for big overhaul - The Hindu

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The changes, if approved by Parliament, will be the biggest economic reform, but it is likely to meet stiff opposition in Parliament and from labour activists.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing to launch India s biggest overhaul of labour laws since independence in a bid to create millions of manufacturing jobs, at the risk of stirring up a political backlash that could block other critical reforms.

Three officials at the federal labour ministry told Reuters that the ministry was drafting a bill for the upcoming parliamentary session that proposes to loosen strict hire-and-fire rules and make it tougher for workers to form unions.

The changes, if approved by Parliament, will be the biggest economic reform since India opened its economy in 1991, but it is likely to meet stiff opposition in Parliament and from labour activists.