EU Supply-Chain Rules May Do More for Indian Homeworkers Than Ratification Ever Could

India's four Labor Codes technically protect home-based workers but lack enforcement teeth. The real pressure may come from Europe: the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive compels importers to certify homeworker conditions in supply chains. Indian exporters in garments and handicrafts now face documentation demands that force visibility onto informal work historically invisible to regulators. Market compliance, not legal obligation, may finally narrow the piece-rate grey zone exploited by contractors.