Genuine reforms should result in a drop in organized sector wages and an increase in pay for unorganized sector workers Some states have introduced changes in labour laws—such as Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Punjab.
In some instances, there has been simplification. In others, temporary abeyance. Labour is in the Concurrent List of subjects, a matter for both the Centre and states to legislate on, and there are several Union-level labour-related statutes, with some state-level amendments.
Even when a statute is Union-level, rules are often state-level. At a pinch, depending on how you define a statute as a “labour law", there are between 50 and 55 labour laws in India.