Wages

Rising living expenses, fear of contract hiring cast shadow on real gains

Uttar Pradesh raised minimum wages by up to 21 per cent after worker protests in Noida, but agitations continued amid heavy security and demands for higher pay

The Uttar Pradesh government has hiked minimum wages across worker categories following unrest in Noida, with revised rates coming into effect from April 1 retrospectively.

Noida workers’ protest turned violent on April 13, 2026, disrupting traffic, shutting factories, and triggering police action across key sectors.

Protests by factory workers demanding a hike in wages turned violent in parts of Noida on Monday, with incidents of arson, vandalism and stone-pelting reported from Phase-2 and Sector 60 areas,

Anger over low wages and poor working conditions drove Noida's factory workers to protest, with tensions escalating into violence amid police action

A perception-based VVGNLI study finds most workers expect better income security and timely wages under the new Labour Codes, even as awareness and clarity on provisions remain uneven

Draft rules under India's four Labour Codes clarify wages and gratuity calculations, extend social security, but smaller firms still face implementation concerns

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Nominal factory wages rose sharply through the first decade (2004-05 to 2013-14), peaking in FY11 before settling into lower, steadier growth in later years

Shifting the base year for two critical inflation indices is important as they determine minimum wages for agriculture and rural workers, and could also affect payments under the MGNREGA jobs programm

The more educated have had slower growth but they are the highest paid in the country

India Ratings expects wage growth to moderate next year as inflation remains stable and monsoon conditions hold, with a slight slowdown in private consumption growth

A Business Standard analysis shows that an unskilled worker earns ₹10,994 and ₹11,257 in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana respectively, while a skilled worker gets ₹13,546 and ₹14,367 respectively

It suggested that the number of minimum guaranteed working days under the scheme be increased to 150 days and called for parity in wages that the states pay under MNREGA

The analysis is based on a common sample of 667 companies from BSE 500, BSE Mid Cap and BSE Small Cap Index excluding their listed subsidiaries

India's swelling urban middle class has been the engine of its growth for far longer than government capex has

Plans afoot to bring ceiling under ESIC on a par with EPF

The protests come at a time when Amazon India has announced its inaugural Black Friday event, running from November 29 to December 2