Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Rule Changes

Defending trade deal provisions

India's Parliament passed four labor codes in 2020 that condensed 29 existing laws into a streamlined framework. Five years later, after the codes finally took effect in November 2025, approximately 300 million workers walked off the job on February 12, 2026—disrupting banking, transportation, and industry across more than 600 districts in what organizers called the largest coordinated labor action since the reforms began.

Updated Feb 12