LIVING WAGE

In Karunapuram, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, the tragic toll of spurious liquor has reached 53 deaths. The incident has devastated families like that of M Radha, whose husband succumbed after consuming the toxic brew. The community, largely co...

The collapse of Modi’s support in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most-populous state and a one-time party stronghold, amounted to a collective rebellion from millions of people left behind in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.

Polling will take place in various constituencies in Kolkata and its adjacent districts of North, and South 24 Parganas in the final leg of the general elections.

Rahul Gandhi's quota cap strategy echoes Indira Gandhi's tactics on quotas from Neerja Chowdhury's book. In 1980, she guided P Shiv Shankar on handling the Mandal Commission report, emphasizing the delicate balance of quotas' impact. India in 2047 a...

Unionized workers at a Maryland Apple store voted on Saturday to authorize a strike, which would mark the first such labor action against the retailer in the United States if it goes forward. Employees at the Apple store in the town of Towson, outsi...

A high-level expert panel on floor wages in India is set to re-examine the wage rates finalised earlier, considering minimum wages notified by all states across three categories. The panel, led by SP Mukherjee, will hold its final meeting on May 27 ...

The government's decision to devalue the currency by over 50 per cent within a year and eliminate subsidies as part of the latest instalment of the International Monetary Fund bailout package has exacerbated the nation's cost-of-living crisis.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra led a roadshow in Jorhat district of Assam, advocating for party candidate Gaurav Gogoi and promising to increase the daily wages of tea garden workers if the opposition alliance wins the Lok Sabha elections. Sh...

The UK unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent in the three months to the end of February, up from 3.9 percent in the three months to January, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.

Congress Lok Sabha election manifesto: The name of the party's manifesto this time ‘Nyay Patra'. 'Paanch Nyay' and 'Pachees Guarantee' is the broad theme of the party's manifesto this time.

Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, head of the Congress manifesto committee, unveiled the party's 'Nyay Patra' manifesto today, expressing confidence in Congress's ability to return to power after the Lok Sabha polls. Highlighting the nee...

India transitioning to living wages with ILO, affecting labor costs. Disparities in pay among different worker types. Global minimum wage increases noted. Italy resists implementing minimum wage. Challenges anticipated for MSMEs, SMEs, and gig worke...

India is planning to replace its minimum wage system with a living wage by 2025, seeking assistance from the International Labour Organization (ILO) to develop a framework for estimating and implementing it. The move aims to lift millions out of pov...

Living wages – a minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs, factoring in key social expenditure by an individual such as housing, food, healthcare, education and clothing – were endorsed by the ILO earlier this month. These wou...

The Centre determines wages under the flagship scheme under sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, which says the Central government may, by notification, specify the wage rate for its benef...

Food prices have increased by 25%, taking up over 11% of income in the US. Despite inflation, people spend more in restaurants. Meanwhile, TVs, air conditioning, and car services became cheaper. This has resulted in a big drop in the standard of liv...

The standing committee on rural development & panchayati raj has called for an upward revision of the base wage rate under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. At the same time, it has suggested that the base year used for ...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, in a report tabled in Lok Sabha, pointed out the high range of variations in MGNREGA wages across the states.

An expert committee headed by SP Mukherjee, set up in 2021 for a period of three years till June 2024, is expected to submit its report soon, and the new floor wage could be notified ahead of the elections likely to be held during April-May, officia...