Amid opposition to increasing factory working hours to 12 against the present eight, the Bill was put on hold. The constant jostling between productivity and labour rights often sees workers left high and dry.
After Chief Minister MK Stalin wrote to Amit Shah expressing his displeasure over qualifying tests for CRPF constables being held only in English and Hindi, a decision was taken to have them in 13 languages for CAPF exams from next year.