Endorsing the Government's labour law reforms, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Friday said India Inc needs to step up to create jobs and offer inputs to the Government on boosting employment at good wages.
“They should say what the Government should do so that employment increases at good wages,” Panagariya said here at the 18th JRD Tata Memorial lecture. “Where is the passion for hiring workers in the industry hereIJ You need to lobby to the government to bring more employment.’ He admitted that (the industry) has talked a lot about the rigidities in labour laws.
The industry has been pushing for relaxing the labour law framework to boost ease of doing business in the country. The government, in turn, has taken a host of initiatives to amend labour laws, but all have run into stiff opposition from trade unions.