Category Policy Update

Streamlining Labour Regulations: Assessing the Impacts of India’s Code on Wages Act

The New Wage Code or The Code on Wages was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Ministry of Labour and Employment as one of the four labour codes which are intended to subsume the multitude of pre-existing Labor laws. In 2002, The Second National Commission of Labour submitted its report in which it talked about the multiplicity of labour laws in India and recommended the codification of multiple central level labour laws in 4 to 5 groups.

Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME II)

Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME II) aims at promoting a conducive environment, financial ability and infrastructure for use of electric vehicles. This article explores current developments in the implementation of FAME II scheme and analyses the hindrances in detail. The article concludes with some approach based suggestions to favour Electric Vehicles (EV) adoption in India. 

Child Marriage Curb on Socio-Economic Development in India

According to UNICEF child marriage refers to the marriage of a girl or boy before the age of 18. It refers to both formal marriages and informal unions in which children under the age of 18 live with a partner as if married and carry out the responsibilities of a household and give rise to the legitimization of procreation that has in return several economic and social impacts on the development of the economy. Early child marriages are associated with a rise in family burden because of the phenomenon of more children due to a larger time gap of reproductive age that is associated with multiple social curbs particularly on the part of women as they are prone to suffer from health issues, emotional imbalance, more responsibilities etc.

Farmers Protest 2024: Ensuring the Guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP)

Minimum Support Price (MSP) was first mooted in 1966-67, with the onset of the green revolution, to substantiate the Punjab farmers to use the dwarf ‘miracle’ wheat varieties that were imported from the International Centre for Maize and Wheat Research in Mexico (American-controlled) and then were cross-bred in India, primarily at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. Soon MSP acted as a safety net for farmers that upside down the multitude of Indian agriculture from deficit to surplus. Initially, MSP for wheat was fixed at Rs 54 per quintal with the motive to incentivize farmers to grow wheat and paddy as they were the least lucrative and labor-intensive crops.

The Intersection Of Data Protection Act 2023 And Employee Privacy Rights: Balancing Workplace Surveillance And Data Security

The intention of passing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“the DPDP Act”) by the government was to protect the private information of the citizens. This applies to the workplaces where the data related to employees is collected and processed for different reasons such as insurance, medical records, financial security benefits and other similar reasons.

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