India's Textile Minister wants labour laws to allow 24-hour working

摘要

India's new Textile Minister Kavuru Sambasiva Rao told an international textile conference in New Delhi that he wants the textile sector to be relieved from rigid labour laws that prevent manufacturers working 24 hours a day. Mr Rao, who was appointed in June this year, said that he is pushing for the Indian cabinet to approve new legislation in the southern state of Karnataka that would give the industry more flexibility in laying-off workers and to allow women to work night shifts in factories.