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Rural recovery underway says Morgan Stanley
Rural economy is all set for a rebound as per readings from four key indicators – employment, credi…
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A Lyft driver says he isn't even making minimum wage driving full-time and it shows how much the job costs workers
Lyft CEO David Risher often posts positively about driving for the rideshare service. But one gig w…
Alex Bitter
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Wine vs Tea: India’s consumption trends show a sharp divergence
The categories of goods where price matters are seeing low growth in output – a reflection of deman…
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Why a boomer left coastal Florida for a rural Arkansas town of 900 residents: 'I didn't think we'd make it' to retirement in Florida
Milan Novak, 67, moved from Florida's Atlantic Coast to a city in rural Arkansas with 900 residents…
Noah Sheidlower
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India needs more ‘productive’ jobs and higher wages to address its demand problem
It is now abundantly clear that a disproportionate burden of the COVID-19 shock has been borne by t…
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Recovery in real estate sector likely to boost household income, says ICICI Securities
The sector generates a variety of jobs including for construction workers and other informal job…
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End of revenge spending? Urban spending to taper off in the next few quarters, says Motilal Oswal
Fuelled by revenge shopping and revenge travelling, urban Indians have been spending heavily since …
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January auto sales rise 14% y-o-y but sentiment improving at a snail’s pace, says FADA
As compared to January 2020, auto sales in January 2023 were down by 8%, says data by Federation of…
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Rural development ministry seeks additional funds of ₹25,000 crore for MGNREGS
In the Union Budget for 2022-23, an amount of Rs 73,000 crore was allocated for the Mahatma Gandhi …
PTI
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A third of US workers make less than $15 an hour, and they're struggling to make ends meet
The author of the Oxfam America report said many workers that were called "heroes" during the pande…
Madison Hoff
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After biscuits, Indian villagers are cutting down on clothes and hair oil too
The ongoing slowdown is affecting rural and urban Indians differently. While urban Indians might be…
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With tips, restaurants can pay workers as little as $2 an hour. It's why no one's coming back to work.
The "subminimum wage" allows restaurant owners to outsource their payroll expenses to customers, on…
Paul Constant
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Walmart workers to begin seeing higher paychecks on March 2, but their minimum wage will still be below Amazon, Costco, and Target
Walmart is boosting the minimum wage for all associates to $14 per hour from $12. Workers say the p…
Ben Tobin
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India’s rural jobs programme is reportedly offering its lowest wage hike ever next year
In fact, workers in at least three states - Karnataka, Kerala and West Bengal - will see no c…
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Two-day Bharat Bandh: Essential services likely to be affected
Some of the essential services related to banking, transportation, railways and electricity are lik…