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Economic Times
Pubished on:
11 Mar 2016
The labour ministry is likely to send the model central shops and establishment bill to Cabinet next week. This will give brick and mortar stores the flexibility to remain open round the clock in states that adopt the legislation, helping them compete better with online rivals. The bill has been sent to the law ministry for vetting, a senior government official told ET.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley had announced the plan for the model law in his February 29 Budget speech.
It will be left to the states to adopt it if they wanted to, he had said.