289 / CMO/ objection to working of 12 hours’/ Email slavery bill / email slavery bill folder and file
Date: 7.9.25
289 / CMO/ objection to working of 12 hours’/ Email slavery bill / email slavery bill folder and file
From:
Kamlakar Shenoy, Senior Citizen, aged 68 years. 9870987359
To
President of India
Governor of Maharashtra
Chief Minister
Chief Secretary Maharashtra state
Principal secretary Labour Department ( psec.labour@maharashtra.gov.in
Deputy Secretary Labor dept. ( shashank.sathe@nic.in
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya ( Hon. Minister of Labour and employment, GOI)
Secretary Ministry of labour minoffice-mole@nic.in
Secretary, Ministry of labour and employment. Secy-labour@nic.in
Subject: Strong Objection to Extension of Daily Working Hours to 12 Hours which is nothing but a law of making slaves of common man.
Reg: converting India into slavery which even the britisher did not think
No Time for Family, health spiritual activities, mental stability activities or Children welfare, school and sports etc
1. Introduction
I, Kamlakar Shenoy, an alert senior citizen aged 68 years, strongly object to the proposal to extend daily working hours in shops and factories from 9 hours to 12 hours. This proposal is nothing short of exploitation, slavery, and destruction of the common man’s life as if he is born to work and die for super rich and industrialist. It is a bill clearly designed to reduce expenses of large business houses and multinational companies by providing them cheap labour and facilitate reduction of work force, while willfully and blatantly ignoring the mandatory right to live conditions i.e. health, family, quality of life, and dignity of ordinary citizens.
2. How This Law Destroys Common Man’s Life
2.1 No Time for Family or Children
No Time for Family, health spiritual activities, mental stability activities or Children welfare, school and sports etc
A worker’s schedule under this law will be:
- 12 hours work
- + 3 hours travel
- + minimum 10 hours sleep if working hours is 12 hours a day (optimum 12 hours of sleep with 12 hours of work)
- + 2 hours’ routine
27 hours schedule in a 24-hour day. Where is study and public good in such enactment of slavery law.
This draconian law and the elected representatives have taken all care to destroy common man by making it mandatory that a common shall live and die only to work for super rich, industrialist, and multinational companies without allowing him anytime for a good quality life.
This makes it impossible for a worker to guide children in their studies, spend time with family, or participate in social and cultural life.
2.2 No Time for Personal Care
Daily life requires time for exercise, meditation, prayers, self-care, and relaxation.
Under a 12-hour workday, the worker will have no time for his own health, spirituality, or peace of mind.
2.3 Damage to Health
Long working hours are linked to hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, stress, and workplace accidents.
Public healthcare costs will rise as citizens fall ill earlier for selfish interest of the industrialist and multinational companies.
2.4 Breakdown of Families
Parents will not have time for children’s education or family bonding, Festivals, prayers, outings, and social gatherings will disappear, creating an unhappy and isolated society. There will divorces and break ups only because our politicians and elected representatives have list their conscience and are puppets in the hands of industrialist and have miserably failed to discharge their duty inspite of public reposing their trust. Criminal breach of trust by elected representatives against the citizens and public at large
2.5 Loss of Employment Opportunities
Employers will hire one worker for 12 hours instead of two workers for 6 hours each.
This will reduce job creation and increase unemployment and create a turmoil in the society spreading unemployment and hunger which can convert into civil war
2.6 Exploitation and Slavery
In most small and medium establishments, overtime is not paid.
Workers will be forced to work beyond human limits without fair compensation. 12 hours working is the most stupid act of the elected representatives and promotion of slavery
2.7 Anti-Common Man, Pro-Big Business
This proposal directly benefits large corporates and multinational companies by cutting their labour costs.
It is anti-common man, anti-family, and anti-health and nothing less than destruction of common man.
This is a clear bill to promote big business houses and multinationals by reducing their expenses, while transferring the burden onto the common man.
2.8 Three Hours Extra Work Without Extra Pay
The reality is that workers will be made to work 12 hours but continue to receive the same pay as for 9 hours.
This will be beneficial only for industry, while the common man, having no bargaining power, will be exploited further and forced to live a life of slavery.
2.9 Slavery Under Guise of Ease of Business
The government is introducing slavery in the name of ease of doing business.
Instead of protecting citizens, it is legitimizing exploitation of workers for the profit of large business houses.
3. Position of Trust and Constitutional Responsibility
3.1 In a democracy, elected representatives and ministers are trustees of the people’s welfare.
3.2 Passing such a drastic law without consultation or proper study is a breach of this public trust.
3.3 No impact study on the workers who will work for 12 hours and travel for 3 hours has been shown to explain how workers will balance 12-hour shifts with family, health, and education.
3.4 The Constitution (Articles 39, 41, 42, 43) directs the State to ensure humane working conditions, dignity, and welfare of workers. This amendment violates those principles.
4. Jurisdiction – State and Central Responsibility
4.1 Shops and Establishments:
The extension of working hours from 9 to 12 hours in shops and establishments comes under the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Act (State law).
The Maharashtra Government alone is responsible for this regressive move.
4.2 Factories:
Increasing working hours in factories falls under the Factories Act, 1948 (Central law).
Such amendments require the approval of the Central Government / President of India.
4.3 Joint Responsibility:
The State Government is guilty for proposing such exploitation.
The Central Government will be equally guilty if it grants approval.
Both are betraying their trusteeship duty to citizens and acting instead as trustees of big businesses by committing criminal breach of trust towards common man.
5. Demand
5.1 This proposed amendment must be withdrawn immediately.
5.2 Instead of extending working hours, the government must:
Create more jobs by encouraging shorter shifts.
Protect workers’ health and family life.
Consult labour unions, health experts, and child welfare specialists before drafting any law affecting crores of workers.
6. Contradictory Acts by Elected Representatives – Policies Without Vision
6.1 On the one hand, elected representatives are passing laws and policies that:
Reduce labour protections.
Employ workers on contract basis at ₹18,000 per month, thereby defeating the social responsibility and structures laid down by the Hon. Supreme Court.
Increase working hours from 9 to 12 without any study or scientific basis.
6.2 creating next generation of non-working lazy citizens: elected representatives distribute freebies such as:
Free electricity up to a certain consumption limit.
Free grains.
Free gas cylinders.
Schemes such as “₹2,500 Ladki Bahin” payments.
6.3 Result:
Citizens are being kept in a comfort zone, which makes them dependent and lazy, rather than self-reliant, destructing their working capability and attitude which destroys nation.
Anti- citizens law: Farmers and small businesses suffer as no labour is available for agricultural or other small jobs.
Outstanding dues of contractors are over ₹90,000 crores, resulting in substandard work, delays in projects, and repeated cost escalations.
Overall, these wrongful policies—without vision, planning, or debate—will result in a downfall of quality of life and facilitate civil disobedience in coming years.
6.4 Free Housing for Encroachers: creating next generation of encroachers
Government policies of providing free housing to encroachers only encourage more illegal encroachments.
Instead of discouraging lawlessness, such schemes promote and facilitate fresh encroachments, weakening urban planning and punishing law-abiding citizens.
6.5 The politicians and elected representatives have lost the ability to think, debate, and legislate for the good of the people. Every policy appears to have a hidden agenda, misleading the public, and serving some vested interest while presenting a false picture of public welfare.
7. Actual Destruction of the Nation
7.1 The combination of anti-worker laws, contradictory freebies, encouragement of encroachments, and neglect of contractors has created a dangerous environment for the future of the country.
7.2 Instead of promoting discipline, responsibility, and productivity, these policies:
Exploit the working class by forcing 12-hour shifts with the same pay, introducing a modern form of slavery.
Keep a large section of citizen’s dependent on government doles, making them lazy and unfit for productive labour.
Destroy agriculture and small industries by denying them available manpower.
Encourage lawlessness by rewarding encroachers and punishing law-abiding citizens.
Delay infrastructure projects, increase costs, and reduce quality, leaving the nation with unsafe and crumbling facilities.
7.3 This two-faced policy is anti-common man, anti-nation, and pro-corporate. It is not based on research, debate, or planning, but on hidden agendas and short-term vote-bank politics.
7.4 If such contradictory and destructive policies continue, the result will be:
Collapse of social harmony.
Civil disobedience from frustrated citizens.
Permanent destruction of the family system, health, and productivity of the nation.
A weakened democracy where the trust of citizens in elected representatives is completely lost.
7.5 Therefore, these laws and policies must be immediately withdrawn, and a transparent public study should be carried out to assess the real needs of workers, families, industries, and the nation as a whole.
Conclusion
This amendment to work for 12 hours in a day is anti-common man, pro-big business, and destructive to society. It will break families, damage health, reduce jobs, and turn citizens into slaves of corporates. I strongly demand its immediate withdrawal.
Kamlakar Shenoy
Alert Senior Citizen