After a police crackdown sent Bengali-speaking workers fleeing, Gurugram residents now want only vetted, local Hindu domestic staff. Rates are up and the power dynamic has flipped.
A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.
Up to 100% foreign ownership of insurance firms, and overhauled rules for banks, pension funds and capital markets aim to shift savings from idle assets toward equities, bonds and long-term investments.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
Paying just 3k for cooking? If true, that’s way too low and sounds like exploitation. In Chennai, even a year before, the ‘nominal’ rate for a cook (for cooking one meal and a simple b.fast or dinner) was minimum 9k..most good ones demand more. Our cook, who was taking 10k plus, wanted 15k and stopped coming!
Paying just 3k for cooking? If true, that’s way too low and sounds like exploitation. In Chennai, even a year before, the ‘nominal’ rate for a cook (for cooking one meal and a simple b.fast or dinner) was minimum 9k..most good ones demand more. Our cook, who was taking 10k plus, wanted 15k and stopped coming!