Invisible and unprotected: India’s new labour codes fail domestic, home-based workers
On a blistering afternoon in June, when the temperature had crossed 40 degrees Celsius, 48-year-old Manju (name changed on request) was at home in the dense Mewla Maharajpur locality. She wanted a few minutes of rest before heading out to work as a domestic worker. But the ceiling fan in…
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