Overview

• The state cabinet approved amendments extending private‐sector workdays from nine to ten hours and increasing overtime limits to 144 hours per quarter.
• Women can now work night shifts from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. provided safety measures, transport and surveillance are in place.
• The TDP-led NDA government says the reforms will attract investment, boost industrial productivity and support job creation.
• Trade unions and CPI leaders have denounced the changes as a betrayal of workers’ rights and protections.
• Union federations have called nationwide demonstrations on July 9 to oppose what they describe as anti-worker policies.