The NAP is a policy document by which a government articulates its action to fulfil its commitment to implementing the UNGPs.
The India formally announced that it will develop a National Action Plan (NAP) on business and human rights at the Business and Human Rights Forum in Geneva in November 2018. In December 2018, the Govt. initiated the process of developing a Business and Human Rights NAP by releasing a zero draft – with a commitment to publish the final NAP in 2020.
Developing a NAP on business and human rights is part of the State responsibility to implement the UNGPs. The zero draft is primarily a listing of relevant existing legislations and policies categorised under the three pillars outlined in the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights (UNGPs): protect, respect, and remedy.
The NAP is a policy document by which a government articulates its action to fulfil its commitment to implementing the UNGPs. The COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a litmus test for the concept of stakeholder capitalism. An NAP becomes more relevant in the wake of COVID-19 in that the pandemic has exposed several systemic vulnerabilities in how businesses operate.
Informal migrant workers in India are the worst hit, abruptly thrown out of work without food, shelter, and social protection – overnight. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that 400 million Indian workers are at risk of sinking even deeper into poverty.
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