Rising wages in India dwarfed by rising inflation

Average pay is expected to rise some 10.6% in India this year, according to consulting firm Hewitt Associates India, well ahead of China where pay is set to rise 6.7%.The pay rises may sound impressive, though with the cost of food and other prices soaring, people's spending power may not actually be rising that fast - if at all. Everything here has become more expensive during the last year, especially food. The price of vegetables has more than doubled and overall food inflation for February was 17.8%. Manufactured goods are also getting more expensive.

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Rising wages in China

An electronics company hit by a string of suicides has raised wages in China - for the second time in less than a week. Foxconn will increase salaries at its Shenzhen plant by nearly 70% from as early as 1 October, if workers meet certain conditions. This is in addition to last week's announcement that wages would go up by 30%.

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