Governance
Delhi's 'New' Domestic-Help Agency Rule Dates To 2014
The Take
Delhi's Labour Department says agencies that supply domestic workers must register, with police checks, or pay a Rs 50,000 fine. It blames rising crime in housing societies. The registration rule and the fine are not new. Both come from an order Delhi issued in September 2014, twelve years ago.
The Wire
Delhi's Labour Department, in a notice reported on 31 October, told private agencies that supply domestic workers to register on the e-District portal, with police checks of workers and employers, and a Rs 50,000 fine for violations, Live Times reported.
Why it matters
Delhi is re-announcing a 12-year-old rule after a rise in crime it links to domestic-help agencies.
The receipts
Source: Live Times