{"id":34114,"date":"2014-07-09T10:50:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T05:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=34114"},"modified":"2014-07-09T10:50:34","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T05:20:34","slug":"labour-rights-must-used-deter-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/labour-rights-must-used-deter-investment","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Labour rights must not be used to deter investment&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/labour-rights-must-used-deter-investment\/labour-rights\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34115\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34115\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/labour-rights-must-used-deter-investment\/labour-rights\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Labour-rights.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Labour rights\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Labour-rights.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-34115 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Labour-rights.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Labour rights\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Labour-rights.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Labour-rights.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>Labour rights need to be safeguarded and secured but these laws should not be used as means to deter investment, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Labour rights need to be safeguarded and secured. But at the same time, these laws should not be used as a means to deter investment and also production,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Prasad was responding to a question on amending various labour laws, including the Factories Act.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labour rights need to be safeguarded and secured but these laws should not be used as means to deter investment, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today. &#8220;Labour rights need to be safeguarded and secured. 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