Muslims are a significant part of India's labour force. Of the 405 million people employed in India, an estimated 39 million are muslims. Recent actions and announcements by India's central government have led to a palpable unease in this small but significant part of Indian labour. Separately, select industrialists have expressed fear of the consequences of criticising the government. If capitalists and labour are both besieged by fear, revving up a slowing economy becomes much more than a cyclical or a structural problem.
Fear among muslims is not the only problem that labour faces because of the government's recent actions.
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