India passes “historic” minimum wage law amid activist worries
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation India’s parliament on Friday passed a “historic” law to guarantee a minimum wage to hundreds of millions of workers, but labour activists said it did not go far enough to protect those in the informal sector. The Code on Wages aims to set standard wages across India, where almost 90 per […]
Postcards to PM, talks with MPs: India trafficking victims push for new law
Thomson Reuters Foundation From letters and postcard campaigns to meetings with lawmakers, modern slavery victims across India are pushing for the passage of a long-pending anti-trafficking bill amid fears it could be sidelined as general elections take center stage in Parliament. Survivors from 11 states have turned campaigners in the last few months by roping […]