ah! I'm a bit surprised that the Indian govt's above-poverty level is set at somewhere around $1 (~Rs.48). Its too low to live with basic needs. Out of curios

ah! I'm a bit surprised that the Indian govt's above-poverty level is set at somewhere around $1 (~Rs.48). Its too low to live with basic needs. Out of curiosity I just dug up the official docs on the Labor ministry website of India, and found this http://labour.nic.in/wagecell/welcome.html http://labour.nic.in/wagecell/welcome.html That page contains a PDF file with a table somewhere in the middle that mentions minimum wages for different kinds of work. It's highest for people employed in the field of Agriculture. Their minimum wages is specified as Rs.107 (~$2.3). Most fields of work have close to $1(Rs.66) as mentioned in the article. But daily wage construction workers around me get paid around Rs.250 a day (~$6)