Uttar Pradesh is the highest populated state in India and amongst the most backward. In a bid to induce investment and help migrant workers back from other states the government has decided to suspend major labour laws for the next three years ending 2023. Laws which will not be suspended include the Bonded Labour Act of 1976, Employee Compensation Act of 1923 and Building and Other Construction Workers’ Act of 1996. Laws pertaining to women and children, like Maternity Act, Equal Remuneration Act, Child Labour Act and Section 5 of the Payment of Wages Act which provides that wages of a person earning less than Rs 15,000 a month cannot be deducted, are also being retained.