While the Bill creates a strong foundation, its ultimate success depends on implementation. Passing a law is only the starting point, real challenge lies in building awareness among both workers and employers, with many unfamiliar with formal procedures or maybe fearful of new obligations.

The path forward lies in a stage-sensitive synthesis: treat preliminary timelines as binding but flexible, with extensions granted only on reasoned orders, while enforcing final award deadlines as hard, jurisdictional limits.

India’s decision to include RMG under PMLA supervision was long due, but without distinguishing between skill and chance and ignoring judicial pronouncements, it introduces a compliance dilemma that threatens the growth of India’s digital economy.