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India’s anomalous rural wage bounty

Rural wages jumped 17 per cent, but the surge is a sampling artefact. Wage growth is the weakest in four years, even as reverse migration and El Niño threaten a further squeeze

The Hindu BusinessLine·
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Rural wages jumped 17 per cent, but the surge is a sampling artefact. Wage growth is the weakest in four years, even as reverse migration and El Niño threaten a further squeeze

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Rural wages jumped 17 per cent, but the surge is a sampling artefact. Wage growth is the weakest in four years, even as reverse migration and El Niño threaten a further squeeze

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  • Category: business
  • Edition: IN
  • Fetched: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:24:28 GMT

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