India, March 30 -- At the all-India level, 40.8% of regular workers and 51.9% of casual workers did not receive the average daily minimum wage prescribed for unskilled workers in the agriculture sector from 2012-2022

For the decade 2012 to 2022, the "real" earning of a regular salaried and self-employed person in India has been declining, according to a recent report released by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Institute for Human Development (IHD), the Delhi-based non-profit set up by the Indian Society of Labour Economics.

The report India Employment Report 2024 says that the average monthly real earnings of regular salaried and self-employed people "have either declined or remained stable". "Real" earning is an inf...