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2021-12-20 07:50:39 DRUG ABUSE IN INDIA

Substances of abuse include
alcohol, opiates, cocaine,
amphetamines, hallucinogens,
prescription and over-the- counter drug abuse.

As per the UNODC 2020 report, India is also among the countries with highest illicit cultivation and production of cannabis from 2010 to 2017. In 2018, India topped with largest seizure in South Asia, amounting to 266.5 tons of cannabis herb.

Alcohol is the most common psychoactive substance used by Indians followed by Cannabis and Opioids.

Within India, the worst affected regions are North East India (especially Manipur) and North West India (especially Punjab) followed by Mumbai and Delhi and now Haryana.

India is the link country between the two major opium producing regions of the world, namely -the
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2021-12-20 07:27:17 The Code on Wages

The Code of Wages was passed in August 2019. It makes provisions for minimum and timely payment of wages to all the workers in India.

It consolidates four laws relating to wages and bonus, namely -

Payment of Wages Act, 1936
Minimum Wages Act, 1948
Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

The Code introduces the concept of floor wages wherein the rates will be fixed by the central government by taking into account the minimum living standards of the workers.

Once the code is enacted, the minimum rates of wages fixed by the State Government cannot be less than floor wages as determined by the Central Government.

The Code applies to all the establishments irrespective of the number of employees working in the establishment.

It also applies to all the employees employed in both the organized and the unorganized sector.

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2021-12-18 20:15:57 Trade unions are having two Problems

What?

1st = Hire and Fire
2nd = Flash Strikes Illegal and 60 days notice otherwise

How?

While the government argues that raising the threshold for government approval in case of winding up and firing employees to 300 will increase employment creation, the labour unions are of the opinion that this move would allow employers to hire and fire as many 300 workers freely as per their will. The IR code is therefore seen as being highly skewed in favour of employers.

Furthermore, by increasing the strike notice period to 60 days, the negotiating power of the unions has been diminished. This has made it difficult for workers to collectively agitate against wrongful practices of employers and in fact, has yielded more power in the hands of industrial establishments. The unions say that the government has rolled out the code to delegitimize the system of strikes. The unions have also noted that the right to strike has not been extended to workers in the unorganized sector. Open / Comment

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