Fair Wage
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How India Post underpaid a Jharkhand cleaner for nearly two decades, and then fired him
Before Shambhu Thakur, his father and then mother cleaned a village post office until their deaths. In 43 years, their daily wages increased from Rs 2 to Rs 39.
Tabassum Barnagarwala
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On May Day, Bengaluru’s garment workers are marching for a long overdue wage hike
The Karnataka government has been dragging its heels over increasing the minimum wage of little over Rs 8,000 for garment workers.
Nayantara Narayanan
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New formula for minimum wage in India could double incomes – but only if implemented right
A panel has suggested increasing minimum wage for informal workers from Rs 176 per day to Rs 375.
IndiaSpend Team
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