Labour Reform
Indian establishments must grow if they are to serve as the backbone for India’s economic success. However, our labour regulations hinder the growth of large-scale labour-intensive manufacturing in India. Labour regulations impose 47% of all compliances imposed on Indian establishments.
We partner with governments to work towards brick-by-brick reforms in state labour regulations. In the past two years, we have partnered with the Government of Punjab to draft the state rules under the new Labour Codes and the Government of Uttar Pradesh to reform the state’s Factories Rules and provided research assistance to the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM). We have also catalogued all legal provisions that sanction economic discrimination against female job-seekers.
State of Discrimination Report | Microsite | Datasets
Land Use Reform
Research shows that Indian cities leave twice as much urban land unbuilt as compared to world averages due to regulations that are not context-appropriate or growth-friendly. Our regulations make industry uncompetitive and housing expensive. Restrictions on ground coverage, setbacks, parking, and height force land to be left vacant, increase the cost of construction, and inflate rents/prices.
Prosperiti has put together a State of Regulation report which identifies reform opportunities in four building standards across 10 states and the National Building Code. This report provides a systematic evidence base to promote reforms to unlock urban land to help add jobs, reduce informality, boost business, and make cities more liveable. We are now supporting states to implement reforms highlighted in the report.
State of Regulation Report | Datasets | Video
Education Reform
Private schools in India cater to over 120 million students. Despite their contribution to education, these schools grapple with policy prejudice. While researchers have evaluated select regulatory and policy aspects of education governance, there is no substantive research into the use and impact of subordinate legislation. To fill in the existing gap regarding the impact of subordinate legislation on private schools, researchers at Prosperiti have collected, categorised, and analysed government orders and resolutions to regulate private schools.
Executed in four states, the research compendium and the database report the cost implication of government orders on private schools. The research estimates the time cost that schools spend in complying with the government order mandates.
Cost of Compliance Analysis (Forthcoming) | Datasets
