Labour Bureau Wage Rate Index
Rural and urban wage rates for 46 agricultural and non-agricultural occupations, collected monthly from 600 villages and published as wage rate indices
labourbureau.gov.inThe Labour Bureau collects retail wage rates across 46 occupations (12 agricultural, 7 plantation, 19 non-agricultural rural, and 8 urban) from 600 sample villages and urban centres. This is the most granular, high-frequency wage data available for rural India — essential for tracking agricultural distress, MGNREGA wage comparisons, and real purchasing power at the bottom of the income distribution.
Details
- Kind
- Data source
- Run by
- Government
- Topics
- Where
- India
- Licence
- Open licence
- Cost
- Free