The New Industrial Relations Code: A Double-Edged Sword?
Now that the so-called New Industrial Relations Code is here to stay, are there some ground rules for every State Government to act in the right direction? Or will it be used by employers to simply exploit contract labor?
Challenges of Language and Education in BIMARU States
Furthermore, can such a code make any difference if the root cause of many problems is not identified? For example, the massive exodus of uneducated and untrained people from the backward BIMARU States to South India includes their total ignorance of the English language. If the Hindi-speaking people from these areas could at least know English to a much larger extent, they could pursue higher education on a private basis and become graduates. This never happens. They do all the unskilled jobs where the educated masses do not go at all. Hence, we simply have exploitation of a tall order.
The Hindi Language Dilemma
Just one piece of evidence: even if the same Hindi-speaking individual is a graduate with a BA degree in the Hindi medium, he ends up in a job where Hindi is the main language, like a BPO in Chennai, Bangalore, or Hyderabad, and then makes his way by learning English as well. But why is the Hindi issue such an emotional issue in the BIMARU States, thereby forcing millions into believing that they can do anything with Hindi? Is this not an injustice of a tall order? Is the present situation helping the industrialists or businessmen in South India simply employ these hapless individuals because their regions are still underdeveloped and make huge profits?
Now that the so-called New Industrial Relations Code is here to stay, are there some ground rules for every State Government to act in the right direction? Or will it be used by employers to simply exploit contract labor?
Challenges of Language and Education in BIMARU States
Furthermore, can such a code make any difference if the root cause of many problems is not identified? For example, the massive exodus of uneducated and untrained people from the backward BIMARU States to South India includes their total ignorance of the English language. If the Hindi-speaking people from these areas could at least know English to a much larger extent, they could pursue higher education on a private basis and become graduates. This never happens. They do all the unskilled jobs where the educated masses do not go at all. Hence, we simply have exploitation of a tall order.
The Hindi Language Dilemma
Just one piece of evidence: even if the same Hindi-speaking individual is a graduate with a BA degree in the Hindi medium, he ends up in a job where Hindi is the main language, like a BPO in Chennai, Bangalore, or Hyderabad, and then makes his way by learning English as well. But why is the Hindi issue such an emotional issue in the BIMARU States, thereby forcing millions into believing that they can do anything with Hindi? Is this not an injustice of a tall order? Is the present situation helping the industrialists or businessmen in South India simply employ these hapless individuals because their regions are still underdeveloped and make huge profits?