Madhya Pradesh polls 2018: BJP govt blows hot and cold over labour reforms

In 2015, the government amended as many as 15 labour laws. The move was seen as pro-industry. Chouhan also brought in the Jankalyan (Sambal) Yojana, which gave benefits to unorganised labourers

Sandeep Kumar looks at the changes the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government has made and the impact they have had on MP’s economy. 

“In more than 13 years in office, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has rarely met any trade union leader or delegation including those of the Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the labour wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). This tells us how seriously he has taken labour issues in the state," said labour expert Mohan Karpe, an advocate. 

In the past two years the labour court of Indore has not given even two judgments. At