In India, 82% Male And 92% Female Workers Earn Less Than Rs.10,000 Per Month.

As per the ‘State of Working India 2018’ report’, the country has the highest rate of unemployment in 20 years. According to the report released by the Centre for Sustainable Employment of the Azim Premji University, shockingly, 82% of male and 92% per cent of female workers earn less than ₹10,000 a month. It is very important to note that, ₹18,000 per month is the minimum salary recommended by the Seventh Central Pay Commission. This suggests that a large majority of Indians are not being paid, what may be termed as living wage. In the 1970s and 1980s, when GDP growth was around 3-4%, employment growth was around 2% per annum. Since the 1990s, and particularly in the 2000s, GDP growth has accelerated to 7% but employment growth has slowed to 1% or even less. 

[Source: Times of India.com dt. 01-02-2019]