The state [Karnataka] passed an amendment to its application of the factories act, which now allows for 12-hour shifts [up from 9], and the easing of rules for night-time work for women. The legislation increases the number of allowable overtime hours to 145 over a three-month period, up from 75, and caps maximum working hours at 48 per week [this is toothless].
Apple and its manufacturing partner Foxconn were involved in lobbying for a significant liberalisation of labour laws...There are “a lot of inputs" from industry lobby groups and foreign companies, including Foxconn and Apple, in the decision to amend Karnataka’s labour law.
I don't think this is trying to make China look bad though. This looks like a business website that calls this a "liberalization" of labor laws so they seem in support of this move.
Indian working culture is fucked and there is a lot of overtim for offices, I'm not sure what the factory scene is like. But it seems the specific factory rules are coming about since companies want to operate in India they have operated in China. The companies expect this because they've operated like that before