Labour Market Compliance and Adaptation for AI Integration in India

The aim of this paper is to highlight the amalgamation of AI and the current Labour market in India. This provides for a diaspora of adaptations with regards to the essential functions of society. A predominant focus is aimed at the legal reforms that are necessary due to the unprecedented introduction of AI, as it is quickly developing as a major threat across industries and unlike other nationalities, India’s labour force is extremely vast and diversified, causing a unique predicament with regards to inculcating the benefits that AI introduces to the traditional methodologies, without causing an imbalance to the employment structure or adding to any societal woes caused due to social inequality. The constant theme of the paper is on the conceptualization of AI and its impact towards the economy, the people and the legal problems arising from it. It talks about the legal identity and accountability of AI when positioned against traditional labour-induced services and if the offset of AI against human work is justifiable. The goal of this paper is to ensure that through this process of integrating AI into the economy, it is visualized with a human-centered approach with the primary objective of improving the existing functions of the market and not to oust the existing elements of the market. The paper further suggests for future developments focused towards introducing newer laws aimed purely at the development of AI.