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Published in TZ Latest News 25 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

India’s reforms target labor anarchy, but too late for some

Last month, hundreds of workers went on the rampage at a factory belonging to garment exporter Orient Craft, torching vehicles and smashing windows in the gritty industrial fringes of Gurgaon, a Delhi satellite city. Increasingly common in Indian workplaces, these violent outbursts could become a thing of the past under a bold round of labor reforms planned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Many businesses cheer the plans, which they say will help make India a manufacturing hub.