NEW BJP GOVERNMENT EXPECTED TO REVIEW INDIA’S MINIMUM WAGE
June 1st, 2019
India’s new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government, that took office on May 30 following its April and May election victory, is planning to increase the country’s minimum wage rates, which could damage the current cost advantages enjoyed of Indian apparel exporters, warned an industry body.
“Whatever the calculations are, it [a suggested proposed new minimum wage] seems to be 30 percent to 40 percent higher from the existing one, especially in remote areas,” Chandrima Chatterjee, director (economic and consultancy) at the India’s Apparel Export ...
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