By A Representative Rural workers across India observed International Workers' Day on May 1 with demonstrations in multiple states, demanding that the government restore employment guarantees even as the flagship MGNREGA scheme is being wound down and its announced replacement remains non-operational.
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ* The latest issue (dated 25 April 2026) of the popular magazine Frontline carries an incisive article titled, “What Noida’s Worker Strikes Tell Us About the Labour Codes ’ Broken Promise.” Written by T.K. Rajalakshmi, the summary states: “The protests by industrial workers across the National Capital Region and adjoining areas, and the violence and police repression that followed, are telling evidence that despite the hollow promises accompanying the new Labour Codes, little has changed on the ground.”