Aircraft
HAL Struggling with Labor Costs and Disputes
HAL is struggling with strikes as the government aims to privatize a raft of public bodies, including the aerospace sector.
Hindustan Aeronautics is ramping up production of the Tejas light combat aircraft.
Hindustan Aeronautics is ramping up production of the Tejas light combat aircraft.

The strike in October of around 19,000 workers of Bengaluru-based Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to increase wages has highlighted concerns and issues faced by the government-owned defense manufacturer. And while the high court of the state passed an interim order restraining the Hindustan Aeronautics Employees Association “from continuing their ongoing strike including go-slow, work to rule, or any form of agitation or disrupting day-to-day activities of HAL and its offices in Bengaluru," it seems to have added fuel to the government’s intent to disinvest the organization.


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