There were quite a few industrial lockouts that cost India a dear in 2014.
The government has unleashed a slew of reforms to attract greater investments including higher foreign direct investment in defence and opening up the railways infrastructure sector, relaxed labour laws, launched campaigns like the Make in India for re-invigorating manufacturing, Clean India and Digital India, among others.
It's time we dispensed with the paper trail and shifted all labour law paper, workflows and permissions online.
The Vasundhara Raje government's initiatives mark a critical step forward in labour law reforms.
Modi said these steps exemplified his government's approach of 'minimum government and maximum governance'.
With clouds of storm hovering over Parliament's budget session, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday sought the "cooperation" of all MPs in the smooth conduct of legislative business but gave no indication of plans to bring changes in the controversial land acquisition ordinance.
'We need to take steps towards ease of doing business.'
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