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Recovery in real estate sector likely to boost household income, says ICICI Securities
The sector generates a variety of jobs including for construction workers and other informal job…
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Rural consumption on a decline as farmers’ income continues to remain under stress: Motilal Oswal
Rural consumption grew only 4.6% YoY in Q3 FY23 after rising 6.5% in Q1 and 5.5% in Q2 FY23. The s…
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MGNREGA wages get a 3-10% hike, average pay to go up by ₹28/day
The Centre has notified a 3-10 per cent increase in the wage rates for workers under the Mahatma Ga…
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Indian private sector's wage bill surpasses government's for the first time in FY23
There is a rising trajectory of private corporate wage bills as per a study done by ICICI Securitie…
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Vanished savings, trading down to cheaper essentials – life in rural India hit by a wilted Rabi crop
This Rabi crop has been cursed by weather gods since the beginning as unseasonal rains had hit t…
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Rural recovery underway says Morgan Stanley
Rural economy is all set for a rebound as per readings from four key indicators – employment, credi…
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Trump administration move could slash wages for over 200,000 farm workers
The Trump administration plans to stop collecting farm worker wage data, which could lead to far lo…
Charles Davis
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Farmers continue to block highways in Punjab, Haryana as they wage protests against three agriculture-related bills
The protesters also warned that if any Member of Parliament from Punjab supported the farm Bills…
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Trump administration sued over decision that critics say would slash wages for more than 200,000 farm workers
In September, the US Department of Agriculture said it would no longer conduct the wage survey used…
Charles Davis
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Why you feel like the economy is crappy even though it's not
Credit card debt, loans, and inflation don't feel good, but economists say Americans' finances are …
Jason Lalljee,Madison Hoff
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Nearly half of all Black workers in the US make less than $15 an hour: 'How is anybody supposed to live?'
47% of Black workers and 70% of women of color earn less than $15 an hour. Insider spoke to people …
DeArbea Walker
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Biden slams 'capitalism without competition' as 'exploitation' and says he wants to put an end to it by cracking down on big corporations
Biden said in Friday remarks that big corporations were "reducing options for consumers and exploit…
Ayelet Sheffey
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600 years ago a king tried to deny a post-pandemic labor shortage was real — and it ended up killing hundreds of people
The labor shortage after the Black Death gave workers power. A new book shows how the king tried to…
Jason Lalljee
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India needs more ‘productive’ jobs and higher wages to address its demand problem
It is now abundantly clear that a disproportionate burden of the COVID-19 shock has been borne by t…
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Marijuana might hurt Elon Musk's productivity, but legalization has helped US workers find jobs and earn higher wages, a study finds
Marijuana legalization has boosted employment and wages for minorities and older workers, according…
Jacob Zinkula
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Plant-based ‘beef’ reduces CO2 emissions but threatens 1.5 million agricultural workforce, new economic model claims
The team explored the potential disruption of plant-based beef alternatives by comparing the econom…
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Biden says he'll increase the 'ridiculously low' pay of federal firefighters, who can sometimes make $20,000 less than state firefighters
In the San Francisco Bay Area, a federal firefighter's starting salary is more than $20,000 less th…
Hannah Towey
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From farm to table, immigrant workers keep America fed, but Trump-era policies helped create a labor shortfall that is causing food prices to rise
Had US immigration levels maintained their pre-2016 trajectory, analysts estimate the US would have…
Dominick Reuter,Mary Meisenza…
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Rural poor, farmers' progress to be government's priority :Budget 2021
According to the Economic Review 2020-21, while the industry and services sectors are projec…
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Billionaires Azim Premji and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw argue against the labour ‘reforms’ in Indian states— and they are not alone
However, the idea does not resonate well with the experts. After a notice from the Allah…