Gender Gap in Wages
“Under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the wages fixed by the appropriate government are payable equally to both male and female workers in all sectors, including agriculture, and the Act does not discriminate on the basis of gender,” the Government had told the Lok Sabha recently.
However, an analysis of available data tells a different story.
Gender Gap Remains Wide
Even as daily wages of women have increased more rapidly than those of men, particularly in recent times (2004-05 to 2011-12), the gender gap still remains wide.
- The Labour Bureau in India has been compiling and maintaining average daily ....
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