The government’s Employment-Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme sets out to create a staggering 35 million formal jobs between August 2025 and July 2027. But beyond the headline numbers, this ambitious initiative brings with it a web of legal complexities and compliance challenges that every employer and employee needs to understand.

Hosted by Adv. Alokita Tangri, this episode dives deep into the legal design, compliance challenges, and strategic risks tied to the scheme with two industry experts:

Our expert guests:
Akshay Jain, Partner, General Corporate, M&A and Employment practices at Saraf and Parners. With over 12 years of experience advising on complex transactions, employment frameworks, and regulatory strategy, Mr. Akshay brings a cross-sector legal lens to ELI and its alignment with India’s labour reforms.

Rajiv Choubey, Group General Counsel at Dalmia Bharat Limited.
With over 27 years of legal leadership across major manufacturing and IT companies, Mr. Rajiv unpacks the operational and governance challenges ELI presents for large employers navigating multi-sector compliance.