Free Mobiles, Bicycles For Retaining Bihar Migrant Labourers

Facing acute labour shortage mainly due to less influx of migrant labourers, particularly from Bihar, employers are doling out freebies like mobile phones and bicycles to lure workers.

Witnessing almost 30 per cent labour shortage, nearly 5000 small and big manufacturers of bicycles and parts in Ludhiana, popularly known as the country’s “bicycle capital”, are facing threat of closure, traders said.

Some of the leading names in the bicycle manufacturing here include Hero, Avon and Rolex.

From: http://ping.fm/CrFDs