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A CRITICAL STUDY OF LABOUR CLAUSES IN INDIA’S RECENT TRADE AGREEMENTS

Radhika Gupta PART I I. Introduction Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have been subject to widespread criticism on the ground that they prioritise business interests to such an extent that they often have adverse social consequences, such as job losses in traditional manufacturing sectors due to free imports, heightened poverty in developing countries, and serious environmental […]

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An Insight into the Excesses of the Essential Defence Services Act, 2021

Namrata Jeph & Vrinda Nargas Introduction On June 15, 2021, the Government of India via an Office Memorandum approved the consolidation of the existing 41 units of the Ordnance Factory Board (“the OFB”) into 7 units of Defence Public Sector Undertaking. As an immediate fallout to this decision, the OFB Employees’ Federations and Associations, to […]