Rajasthan State government introduced the labour reforms in 2014 wrt +
Seen a lot of people aver the following, "but where are the jobs?" in response to someone asserting the need to incentivize the movement of our people from agriculture to industry.
Well, here's one major part of the big answer: Labour reforms.
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Rajasthan State government introduced the labour reforms in 2014 wrt +

1. India has a major problem of dwarf firms i.e. firms that remain small despite being old and are not able to employ more than 10-20 workers.
2. The number of factories establishing with more than 100 workers were growing on an average of 3.65%, +

3. The most important point: the average number of workers per factory in Rajasthan increased at the+
Here are some interesting figures from the Economic survey highlighting the significant improvement in the situation of Rajasthan as compared to the rest of India. (They really need to work on aesthetics)

Excessive and absurd labour regulations have been one of the biggest reasons for our inability to grow a thriving manufacturing sector with a large labour+
https://t.co/J8oA2goRLr
The fourth paper titled "Labour pains: Status check on reforms in employment protection legislation" has been co-authored by me, a fellow intern and the Director of Research at CCS.
— Sargoon (@SargoonK) November 11, 2020
The paper seeks to capture the cross-state variation in labour laws for 12 different states+ https://t.co/6VDqI1aLrw
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The Equality and Diversity section of your job application has 'gender' in what appears to be a list of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
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However, 'gender' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.
https://t.co/qisFhCiV1u
Sex is the protected characteristic under the Act, but that is not on your list.
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You then ask for the 'gender' of the applicant with options:
Male
Female.
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Again, 'gender' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.
https://t.co/qisFhCiV1u
4/15

Sex is the protected characteristic and the only two possible options for sex are 'Female' and 'Male' as defined in the Act and consistent with biology, but you don't ask for that.
https://t.co/CEJ0gkr6nF
'Gender' is not a synonym for sex.
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