No salary slip, no day off: Homemakers ask if 24-hour labour can be valued at Rs 30,000
Can a price be put on a homemaker's work? (AI image) ‘Only Rs 30,000?’ ‘Not just physical labour’ Why can’t households just hire people to
Can a price be put on a homemaker's work? (AI image) ‘Only Rs 30,000?’ ‘Not just physical labour’ Why can’t households just hire people to do homemaker’s job How SC arrived at Rs 30,000 Loss of household management Loss of maternal support Loss of spousal support ‘No court can put a price on respect’ What data shows More than 81 per cent of women perform unpaid domestic services every day.
Only 26 per cent of men engage in similar work. Women spend an average of 299 minutes daily on unpaid domestic work. Men spend only
97 minutes. Why GDP does not include household work Can homemakers’ work really be measured? What economists say Household work – 15 to 16% of
GDP Is it the beginning of something tangible?
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