Fair Wage

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
· Apr 11, 2022 · 06:30 am
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
· May 01, 2019 · 09:00 am
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
· Mar 06, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Modi government’s weird maths for a minimum wage: Rs 390 for monthly rent, Rs 16 for veggies

Trade unions are filled with misgivings as the government prepares to set a legally binding national minimum wage.

Anumeha Yadav
· Nov 05, 2015 · 11:30 am