I haven't come across anyone working full time for 4800 or thereabouts. Someone maybe paying this to child labour, it is possible. The lowest salaries I know are in the range of 8000-9000 INR. These are typically unskilled labour (if they can find work for the entire month) or people who do jobs like cleaning utensils in restaurants. The lowest of the low end work.
even 9k INR is pure cruelty to give someone for any work.
20,000 is the fixed wages of unskilled labor. Like packers , helpers , mannual loaders.
low skilled Daily wage workers like construction workers (Mazduur) even make more then that.
People deserve a life. Not just Food.
But anyways. Minimum Wage is just a benchmark of an economy and its below poverty line segment. The guy was saying indian prices cannot be compared with Pakistan prices as Pakistanis earn in PKR. I was telling him PKR wages are higher then INR wages for lowest unskilled as a benchmark.
Living standards are alomst the same. to put it nicely "a sh**ho**" compared to even countries like latin america, and non GCC Arab countries (Except Yemen may be).
And in my very honest opinnion, Both these countries are worst possible examples to compare your country to.
Sadly India Pakistan Bangladesh are poverty struck Third world crap for the most part. Comparing with each other is pointless. And thats exactly what the media does. "Look how crappy our neighbor is, We are better then them".
Lolz it doesnt happen anywhere in the world. Comparing our progress on benchmark of how much filth is on the other side, instead of how much progress.
We are just so used to live in this crappy lifestyle we dont even notice unless we leave subcontinent and see outside world.
Its a good trend now starting In Pakistan. Call a crap a crap. We dont care how things are in India or Afghanistan. This is crap. we dont deserve this. we want better. Thats why you see so much voice on media from Pakistanis. Hope its that same way in India too. Compare to better countries not your crappy fellows.