UP moots key labour reforms to come on par with other industrialised states

Industry wants relaxation in fixed-term employment laws

To improve the ease of doing business climate, the Uttar Pradesh government is working on key labour reforms to bring it at par with other industrialised states such as Maharashtra and Gujarat.

While the government is studying best labour-related practices in other states, it is also in the process of implementing the ‘reform action plan’ framework of the Centre, UP infrastructure and industrial development commissioner Alok Tandon told Business Standard here.

"The government is already working on the labour reforms agenda and it would soon be placed before the state cabinet for approval," he informed.

He said labour reforms were