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Why rejig in labour laws will not help and holistic reforms are essential
Radhicka Kapoor, senior fellow at Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, said the government has to create policies for boosting demand
 "Why rejig in labour laws will not help and holistic reforms are essential")
UP govt to pay Rs 26 crore to Railways for plying Shramik special trains
So far, 522 trains have ferried 665,000 labourers to UP
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Congress offers to ply 1,000 buses for stranded migrants returning to UP
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra writes to Adityanath
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UP to make sectoral plans to leverage Rs 20 trn Covid-19 package
Plans will cover farmers, MSME, street vendors, among others; state seeks to attain self-reliance on the basis of these plans to be drafted under the aegis of central package announced by PM Modi
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UP govt withdraws order increasing daily working hours to 12 from 8
The UP government's Ordinance, however, proposes increase in working hours from 8 to 10 hours a day
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Priyanka Gandhi urges UP CM to press 20,000 Roadways buses into service to bring back labourers
The Congress leader also appealed to the police that they should not use force against the labourers
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UP forms panel to wean away US, South Korean and Japanese firms from China
PICUP chief to head panel, dedicated email IDs created to address issues raised by investors from each of these countries
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Centre may extend lockdown beyond May 17 with easier norms for business
PM assures resumption of more economic activities; zone identification may be left to states
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UP plans 100,000 Covid beds as 325,000 stranded labourers return in 2 weeks
State gears up to meet exigencies, with more than a million migrants expected to arrive in the near future
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Lockdown: UP sugar mills seek bailout as demand plummets by one mn tonnes
Cane arrears top Rs 14,000 crore for current 2019-20 season
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An uphill task: UP govt faces the challenge of resettling 1.5 mn migrants
For thousands of his ilk stranded in Gujarat, Maharashtra, and other industrialised states, the homecoming was made possible only after the Centre decided to ply non-stop interstate special trains
Adityanath seeks ways to boost tax revenue as UP misses April target by 90%
Chairing a review meeting here, Adityanath directed the revenue minister and other senior officials to look at additional sources of revenue and accelerate tax collection
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Covid-19 crisis: UP exempts biz from all but 4 labour laws for 3 years
State government says it will boost investment; experts term it an attack on fundamental rights
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UP Ordinance a blow to industrial dispute resolution, say experts
The proposed Ordinance showed that the existing labour law - the Industrial Disputes Act of 1947 - which spells out the mechanism for resolving industrial disputes will become invalid
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UP govt plans daily evacuation of 45,000 stranded labourers amid lockdown
Yogi government urges Maharashtra to dispatch 10 trains a day
UP, Karnataka, TN hike duty on liquor as buffer for Covid-19 loss
UP govt also raises tax on petrol and diesel
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UP hikes tax on liquor, petrol; eyes additional mop up of Rs 4,420 cr
Since petrol and diesel do not fall under GST, states enjoy considerable leverage in imposing such taxes at the local level
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Lockdown impact: UP to reboot export oriented units, SEZs on priority
Chief Minister Adityanath directed officials to expedite the rebooting of these industrial plants apart from industries for which permissions have been granted under lockdown 3.0
UP to expedite homecoming of stranded labourers by trains amid lockdown
The government plans to run at least 6 trains daily each from the two industrialised states - Gujarat, Maharashtra
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UP to prepare roadmap for labour reforms to fight coronavirus lockdown
The CM directed officials to issue the necessary advisory by tonight pertaining to the operation of the various industries during lockdown 3.0
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