India: more flexible labor law to encourage investments in Rajasthan

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With these measures, the head Minister of this northwestern State wants to attract more capital onto her territory, at the heart of big industrial and infrastructure projects. The labor law changes she proposed could have a snowball effect in India.
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The BJP – the party of the new head of the Indian government, Narendra Modi, elected in May, didn’t hide its ambition to improve the business atmosphere in India, notably by reorganizing the labor market. Vasudhara Raje, head Minister in Rajasthan, quickly took hold of the file and approved, on June 4, amendments for 3 laws affecting social relations in businesses. The possible amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act, the Factories Act and the Contract Labor Act would all change the limit whe

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