L&T chairman is right about labour availability, but not about its exact reasons

Last week, Larsen & Toubro chairman S. N. Subrahmanyan blamed welfare schemes for unavailability of labour. There are other factors in play too.

18 February, 20256 min
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L&T chairman is right about labour availability, but not about its exact reasons

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