01348nam a22001457a 4500999001900000008004100019100007400060245007900134260003400213300003200247520077500279773003401054942000701088952010701095  c533125d533125260427b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a Sapkal, Rahul Suresh Chakma, Kinchan and   Parmar, Daksha C. 960237  aA race to nowhere: Do longer working hours lead to increased productivity?  aEconomic & Political Weekly    a61(6), Feb 7, 2026: p.33-40  aThe extension of statutory working-hour limits has emerged as a pro-business instrument, promoted by the union government as part of the ease of doing business agenda. While such labour law reforms appear to have supported manufacturing performance in select capital-intensive industries, they have shifted the social costs of adjustment onto workers while increasing employer profits. This article examines the economic rationale for changes to work-time regulations, focusing on the Factories Act, 1948. Using evidence from the Annual Survey of Industries, it questions the assumptions of the neoclassical labour demand model and argues that longer working hours may undermine workers’ welfare.-Reproduced 

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