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  Three New Labour codes have been passed by the Indian parliament last week. Central Govt without wasting the crisis has pushed through these Industrial labour reforms. Industrial Relations Code Bill,2020; Code on Social Security Bill,2020 and Occupational Safety, Health and Working conditions Code Bill,2020. These three codes will have to be taken together with the Wages code passed in 2019 making together a grand four labour codes merging 29 Central Labour Acts. Some of these Acts like Payment of Wages Act ,Workers Compensation Act etc. belong to British times and finally, these vestiges of colonial legacy have been buried in the 21st century. This leads us to the question "Are we fully liberated from British rule?!!" In the first bill Industrial Relations Code Bill, the Central Govt. has proposed to introduce more conditions restricting the rights of the workers to strike work, and also to increase the threshold relating to layoffs and retrenchment in any industrial estab...

  We have had four lockdowns and unlocks across the country.To start with it was Complete lockdown, which struck like a bolt from the blue starting from March 24th till May 31st 2020. Many prominent opposition leaders severely criticized the Govt for this lockdown accusing Modi of dictatorship tendency throwing the hungry, poverty-stricken, migrants on the streets and pavements uncared for. The second lockdown little relaxed was in June as experimentation and once the pandemic started spreading wildly, Govt. was again back to stricter lockdowns. But by the end of june, Central Govt realized that the question of livelihood was becoming important and advised staggered unlocks. But many states ruled by opposition leaders taking a holier than Centre attitude continued with strict lockdowns introducing epasses even for intrastate movements, imposing restrictions like total lockdowns during weekends making life difficult for the common man. There was a tough competition between states as...