There won't be any hire and fire policy for India: Niti V-C Rajiv Kumar

Kumar said greater focus is required in sectors like health, education, agriculture, exports and in pushing private investments

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Saturday set the record straight that while labour laws would be reformed, there won’t be any hire and fire policy for India. 

Talking about labour reforms, he said, “You will see action very soon. But you have to see action not in terms of hire and fire. You have to have labour reforms where labour gets his due and rightful participation but yet investors get the flexibility to be able to change its composition of labour force. We will take action in the coming Parliament session.” He added that states have huge inventory of land