Labour in India is very expensive
@allknowing (153529)
India
May 15, 2025 10:12pm CST
When we shsifted here way back in the year 1991 we used to pay Rs. 30 per day to a c asual labourer and Rs. 50 for a mason
Today the rate is Rs. 1000 per day for a casual labourer and I hav no idea what it will be for a mason
When one does not get any returns engaging a gardener to maintain a garden becomes extremely expensive
Our garden is labour intensive and keeping it in tip top conditions mean s spending loads of money
I do not know what steps to take. Any suggestions?
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
16 May 25
Wow! In the US, 1,000 Rs ($11.31) would be the price of a tip paid for a dinner at a medium-low priced restaurant.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
16 May 25
It is relative in that in the US everything is beyond what we here pay for Your one dollar is Rs. 80 plus. That should help you calculate.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
16 May 25
In comparison the salary of office workers has not increased.
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@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
16 May 25
@allknowing - The salary of office workers increases every year.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
16 May 25
@LadyDuck But the rate at which these guys are paid does not match whaty officers get in terms of ratio. Officers have great resonsibiliy
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@crossbones27 (52981)
• Mojave, California
16 May 25
US has no solutions, we done kicked those people out who would do it for cheap under Trump anyway. I wish people would learn the true value of economics though, you can't wanna be rich and treat people bad at same time.
I am not saying you but its what rich people do to all of us. Its not good economics. No one wants to work and no one wants to pay but their motto is capitalism but they hate paying. Its your rule, why do you hate paying? Rich people being. 
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
16 May 25
Well said and good you laugh after saying all that
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@psanasangma (7910)
• India
16 May 25
The rate of the wages are also different, based on types of work they do.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
16 May 25
Garde maintenance calls for labour that has fixed wages
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
17 May 25
Maintaining gard3ens is no more a pleasurabale activity
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