The International Labour Organization (ILO) report titled ‘Global Wage Report 2020-21: Wages and minimum wages in the time of COVID-19’ was recently released.
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The Report inter-alia, comments on various issues including on Indian workers having low average wages, longer hours as well as that the workers in Asia and the Pacific enjoyed the highest real wage growth among all regions over the period 2006–19.
Further, while comparing average wage, the report has taken into account the National Floor Level Minimum Wage which is Rs.176/- per day. However, actual wages are far higher.
If the median of the minimum wages in different states is drawn, it would be Rs.269/- per day in the country.
