Wages in most sectors growing steadily at around 3% per year: Report

NEW DELHI: Wages in most sectors have grown steadily at around 3% per year but 82% of male and 92% of female workers earn less than Rs.10,000 a month, according to a report released by Azim Premji University.

Azim Premji University released today its first ‘State of Working India’(SWI) report based on mostly official surveys conducted in the past.

The report finds that while wages in most sectors have grown steadily, caste and gender disparity remain high. Other findings include that labour productivity has grown several times faster than wages.


“The report analyses the structural problems that have prevented adequate employment generation over the past several decades, and does not limit itself to just the past few years,” Amit Basole, lead author of the report and faculty at Azim Premji University said.

Other key findings of the report include that currently, a 10% increase in GDP results in less than 1% increase in employment. Also, the rate of unemployment among the youth and higher educated has reached 16%.