Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
With the demonetisation shock severely affecting disbursal of salary to low-wage workers as they are paid mostly in cash, States such as West Bengal and Assam have evolved a novel plan aimed at preventing any major labour unrest. Noting that the norms following demonetisation have not capped the amount that government agencies can withdraw from a bank, these States have asked employers in labour-intensive sectors such as tea plantations to deposit workers' wages in a designated account, sources in the Union Government told The Hindu.
