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# Why Indian Factories Stopped Hiring Permanent Workers 

Just 8,000 layoffs in ten years across crores of jobs isn't a healthy labour market, it's a frozen one. This short explores how job security laws pushed firms toward contract labour, leaving over 40% of factory workers without protection.