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Noida woman questions Rs 15,000 salary for 12-hour shifts
A Noida woman, Sarita Gupta, has sparked debate online after questioning how workers can survive on Rs 14,000, 15,000 monthly salaries for 12-hour shifts with no weekly day off. In an Instagram…
The Story in Brief
A Noida woman, Sarita Gupta, has sparked debate online after questioning how workers can survive on Rs 14,000, 15,000 monthly salaries for 12-hour shifts with no weekly day off. In an Instagram video recorded in Sector 76, she said high rent and long hours were driving her family to consider returning to their village, though she urged them to try self-employment instead.
Hindustan Times reports that social media users largely sympathised, with comments calling the pay "too low" and the lack of weekly holidays "unacceptable." HT has not independently verified the claims in the video.
The Indian Opinion
This viral video feeds two lazy narratives: that migrants should simply leave expensive cities, or that companies are uniquely cruel. The real story is a structural wage-rent mismatch, Noida rents for a room often exceed Rs 5,000 while the minimum wage for unskilled workers in UP is Rs 9,765 per month. Watch for whether the Labour department inspects sectors like 76, where 12-hour shifts with no weekly off would violate the Factories Act.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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