copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2023-07-25): Notes: Values reflect the population estimated to be affected by the proposed change in the federal minimum wage. Wage changes resulting from scheduled state and local minimum wage laws are accounted for by EPI’s Minimum Wage Simulation Model. Totals may not sum due to rounding. Shares calculated from unrounded values. Directly affected workers will see their wages rise as the new minimum wage rate will exceed their current hourly pay. Indirectly affected workers have a wage rate just above the new minimum wage (between the new minimum wage and 115% of the new minimum). They will receive a raise as employer pay scales are adjusted upward to reflect the new minimum wage. [...] Notes: Values reflect the population estimated to be affected by the proposed change in the federal minimum wage. Wage changes resulting from scheduled state and local minimum wage laws are accounted for by EPI’s Minimum Wage Simulation Model. Totals may not sum due to rounding. Shares calculated from unrounded values. Directly affected workers will see their wages rise as the new minimum wage rate will exceed their current hourly pay. Indirectly affected workers have a wage rate just above the new minimum wage (between the new minimum wage and 115% of the new minimum). They will receive a raise as employer pay scales are adjusted upward to reflect the new minimum wage. Values marked * cannot be displayed because of sample size restrictions.
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-03-09): - Minimum wage increases affect adults in their career-building years who are helping to support their families—with women disproportionately benefiting from a pay boost. The average age of workers who would see a pay increase under the Raise the Wage Act is 35 years old. About 90% of those with increased wages would be adults age 20 or older. Most of the workers who would benefit are women (59%) even though men are a majority of the workforce. More than half of those who would have higher pay work full time (59%). Past research shows that these workers are often the primary earners for their families, producing the majority of their family’s total income. [...] The immediate benefits of a minimum wage increase are in the earnings boost for the lowest-paid workers, but increasing the minimum wage to $9.50 this year and the increases thereafter would deliver broader benefits to the economy, particularly now. The economy is still reeling from the stunning collapse of economic activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Extra dollars in the pockets of millions of working families would help by boosting aggregate demand. Economists generally recognize that low-wage workers are more likely than any other income group to spend any extra earnings immediately on previously unaffordable basic needs or services. Indeed, research by Cooper, Luengo-Prado, and Parker (2019) finds that minimum wage increases are associated with higher consumer spending, particularly in places with higher concentrations of low-wage workers.
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-09-17): While proponents of increasing the minimum wage have grown increasingly vocal in the U.S., new research suggests that raising the minimum wage can actually have a significant negative impact on the total compensation of hourly workers. Researchers analyzed a detailed dataset of wage and scheduling data for more than 5,000 employees at a single national retailer, and compared outcomes for workers in California (which had several minimum wage increases during the study period) and Texas (which had zero increases). They found that in the stores that experienced a minimum wage hike, workers on average worked fewer hours per week, were less likely to qualify for benefits, and had less-consistent schedules. These factors corresponded to an average 11.6% decrease in total compensation for every $1 increase in the minimum wage. Based on these findings, the authors argue that policymakers should consider minimum wage hikes with caution, and should be sure to complement them with policies designed to ensure consistent schedules and adequate hours for workers — or risk harming the very people they’re aiming to support.
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-01-30): First, workers who are affected by a minimum wage increase see immediate and significant health benefits for themselves and for society. A study conducted in 2011 found that blue-collar workers in states with higher minimum wage rates are much less likely to have untreated medical needs, as they are better able to afford care. Particularly in a country prone to global pandemics, an individual’s health can quickly become a community’s health: workers who leave illnesses untreated put everyone around them at risk. Additionally, an increased minimum wage corresponds to a lower smoking rate. Low-income workers currently make up 75 percent of smokers, but reducing the stress of poverty allows them to quit. Other studies have found that a higher minimum wage correlates with fewer teen pregnancies and less teenage alcohol consumption. [...] Historically marginalized communities are the most likely to benefit from a minimum wage hike: in California, workers earning less than $15 per hour are 55 percent Latino or Latina, while the general population of workers is only 38 percent Latino or Latina. Nationally, about 40 percent of all black workers’ wages would increase, and more than half of workers who would be affected by a minimum wage increase are women. While 19 percent of families nationwide have incomes that are less than twice the national poverty line, 50 percent of workers who would benefit from a minimum wage increase come from these families. [...] Increasing the Minimum Wage Will Benefit Small Businesses
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2023-02-12): Impacts of Raising the Minimum Wage on Workers [...] Raising the minimum wage could decrease the educational attainment of underprivileged groups and increase unemployment among people with low educational attainment. Increasing the minimum wage increases the opportunity costs for low-income individuals pursuing higher education. For people from low-income backgrounds, a higher minimum wage disincentivizes the acquisition of university degrees that lead to higher wages in the long run and incentivizes community college education that provides occupation-specific human capital. One study demonstrated that a 10% increase in the minimum wage results in a 5% decrease in university enrollment and a 6% increase in community college enrollment. Because the opportunity costs of not taking a high minimum wage job weigh more heavily on low-income individuals with limited capital assets, a high minimum wage strengthens the link between parental background and child educational attainment, thus perpetuating cycles of low incomes and undereducation. High school dropout rates follow a similar pattern, as research indicates that a long-term 10% increase in the earnings of low-skilled workers could decrease high school enrollment rates by 5-7%. Furthermore, since certain demographic variables correlate with educational attainment, raising the minimum wage may increase income inequality for historically underprivileged populations.
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2019-02-01): Highest Ever Growth Of 42% Recorded in Minimum Wages of Labours during last 5 years During the last 5 years, the minimum wages of labours of all classes have been increased by 42% which is the highest increase so far. While presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20 in Parliament today, the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Railways and Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal said that the high growth and formalistation of the economy has led to the expansion of employment opportunities as shown in EPFO membership, which has increased by nearly 2 crore in 2 years reflecting formalisation of the economy and job creations. Shri Goyal said that the 7th Pay Commission recommendations were implemented and New Pension Scheme (NPS) has been liberalized. The Government’s contribution in NPS had been increased 10% to 14%. The limit of gratuity payment has been increased from Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh. The limit of eligibility cover of ESIC has been increased from Rs. 15,000 per month to Rs. 21,000 per month. The minimum pension for all labours has been fixed at Rs. 1,000 per month. In case of the death of a labour during the service, the EPFO contribution has been increased from Rs. 2.5 lakh to Rs. 6 lakh. The honorarium of all classes of labours under Anganwadi and Asha scheme has been increased by about 50%.
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-02-21): Dean Baker, the center’s senior economist who crunched the numbers, said he is not suggesting that the minimum wage should be raised to that level, which would cause serious disruptions to the job market and economy. But he thinks it’s important to point out how the two diverged more than 50 years ago. [...] "No one thought we were crazy in the ’40s, ‘50s and ‘60s when we were having the minimum wage risein step with productivity," Baker said, noting the increases were bipartisan. "It’s a reasonable thing to say, society is getting richer, you have workers – custodians cleaning toilets and dishwashers – those people should share in it, as well." [...] That means minimum wage workers are getting poorer over time, said Josh Bivens, director of research at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-05-26): For the 2010 group, employment in the occupations increased by an average of 1.8% the year after the minimum wage increased. The increase in food preparation and service employment was 0.6 percentage points faster than that of the same occupations in the states that did not raise the minimum wage. For the 2015 group, food preparation and service employment increased by an average of 3.8% the year after the minimum wage increased. That increase was 1.1 percentage points faster than the increase in food preparation and service employment in states that did not raise the minimum wage. [...] Raising the minimum wage can have an array of effects that are not reflected in employment data by state. Experts have analyzed the effect that minimum wage increases have on hours worked by employees, employee productivity, job creation, production, and forms of non-cash compensation such as health insurance. Other possible effects are changes to company pricing strategies, working conditions, higher-wage worker compensation, and benefit eligibility for low-income households.
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2020-11-04): Workers ages 17 and younger may be paid 85% of the state minimum wage, whichever is greater, for the first 90 days of their employment. The governor may recommend suspending increases in the minimum wage if the state experiences two consecutive quarters of negative growth in the state’s real domestic gross product. [...] Increase scheduled for 2017 did not go into effect due to state-level preemption* [...] Annual increases based on the previous year’s percentage change in the CPI-W for the West census region.
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2019-03-12): The first claim is that ‘Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers’. [...] While this points to the fact that the claim itself is misleading, in the budget speech of 2019-20, the finance minister stated that ‘during the last five years, the minimum wages of labourers of the all categories have been increased by 42%, which is the highest ever’. [...] The same report goes on to describe that ‘the decisions of the Government on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission benefited over 1 crore Central Government employees, including Armed Forces personnel and Members of All India Services, comprising approximately 53 lakh pensioners including Armed Forces personnel’.
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-04-29): The efficacy of policy measures depends on their interaction with other measures and the country’s economic conditions. For instance, Sweden does not have a minimum wage, yet protects worker wages through a strong collective bargaining system. With Sweden’s high rate of employment and strong capacity in mobilizing fiscal revenue, it can afford a system of universal social services. In contrast, a system of universal income services is out of fiscal reach for most developing countries, as in the case of India.
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-11-04): Generally, you will want to increase their pay by some percentage. The national average pay increase generally hovers between 3% to 3.5% depending on the year. The trend is to reward top performers with a higher than average pay raise and average workers with lower pay raises.
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-10-09): The Union government on Thursday announced a hike in minimum wage rates for workers up to Rs 1,035 a day by revising variable dearness allowance. [...] With this hike, the DA of Gujarat government employees, which was 42 per cent earlier, will now be 46 per cent, a state government resolution (GR) said. The DA has been hiked with effect from July 1, 2023, and employees will be given arrears for the last eight months, it said. Around 4.45 lakh state government employees and 4.63 lakh pensioners will benefit from the decision to hike DA, an official release said. The government has also decided to increase its own contribution in the National Pension System (NPS) from 10 per cent to 14 per cent, while state employees will have to pay 10 per cent, the release said. The Gujarat government employees have been demanding restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) instead of NPS. Under the OPS, retired government employees received 50 per cent of their last drawn salary plus DA as [...] Uttarakhand govt increases DA of employees by 42% to 46% per month
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2016-09-24): Notifications for all the Scheduled Employments in the Central Sphere were issued on 1st September, 2016 simultaneously, in fact for the first time. The basic rate of minimum wages for an unskilled worker in the scheduled employment other than agriculture has been proposed at Rs.350 in Area ‘C’ from the current minimum wage (basic wage + variable dearness allowance) of Rs.246 resulting in an increase of about 42%. The basic rate of minimum wages for an unskilled worker in the scheduled employment "agriculture" has been proposed at Rs.300 in Area ‘C’ from the current minimum wage (basic wage + variable dearness allowance) of Rs.211 resulting in an increase of about 42%. [...] Due to this revision, additional 55 lakh workers would be benefited. This would indeed, be a good gesture on the part of the Government towards the labour fraternity.
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2016-09-26): A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers or it is the price floor below which workers may not sell their labour. [...] The basic rate of minimum wages for an unskilled worker in the scheduled employment other than agriculture has been proposed at Rs.350 in Area ‘C’ from the current minimum wage (basic wage + variable dearness allowance) of Rs.246 resulting in an increase of about 42%. The basic rate of minimum wages for an unskilled worker in the scheduled employment "agriculture" has been proposed at Rs.300 in Area ‘C’ from the current minimum wage (basic wage + variable dearness allowance) of Rs.211 resulting in an increase of about 42%. [...] Due to this revision, additional 55 lakh workers would be benefited. This would indeed, be a good gesture on the part of the Government towards the labour fraternity.
Claim: Minimum wage increased by 42%, directly benefiting 55 lakh workers. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2020-01-07): Draft amendments to tariff policy, MNRE (2018). Available at https://powermin.nic.in/sites/default/files/webform/notices/Proposed_amendments_in_Tariff_Policy_0.pdf. .
Claim: A picture of Mehbooba Mufti offering milk at a temple (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-19)
Evidence (2023-02-19): This photo is from 2016, when Mehbooba Mufti visited Kheer Bhavani Mela. She offered milk to the goddess Ragnya Devi and met Kashmiri Pandits that day. Hence the claim made in the post is Misleading.
Claim: A picture of Mehbooba Mufti offering milk at a temple (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-19)
Evidence (2023-03-16): Know my religion very well: Mehbooba Mufti defends temple visit, offering water to Shivling Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti visited the Navagraha temple in Poonch and offered water to the Shivling there. While the BJP called it a "drama and gimmick", a Deoband cleric termed it "unIslamic". Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who visited the Navagraha temple in Poonch district and offered water to a Shivling on Wednesday, drew flak from both the BJP and Muslim clerics. On Thursday, Mehbooba Mufti hit out at the clerics and said she knew her "religion very well".
Claim: A picture of Mehbooba Mufti offering milk at a temple (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-19)
Evidence (2024-10-01): Anantnag: The scene was set in Bijbehara, where she campaigned for her daughter Iltija Mufti. A gathering of around 100 eager supporters, primarily men, awaiting their leader Mehbooba Mufti, president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to arrive near a local petrol pump. When she addressed the crowd from her car, she invoked her family’s legacy, contrasting her party’s compassionate governance against the backdrop of her opponents’ controversial histories. [...] As the PDP navigates the complexities of the current electoral landscape, Mehbooba Mufti’s ability to balance her party’s legacy with the harsh realities of public sentiment will be crucial. Her journey from a beloved figure in the 1990s to a controversial leader in recent years encapsulates the shifting dynamics of Jammu and Kashmir’s politics. Whether she can orchestrate a comeback in these elections remains uncertain, but her commitment to reviving the PDP’s fortunes is palpable as she strived to reconnect with the electorate amidst a tumultuous political climate.
Claim: A picture of Mehbooba Mufti offering milk at a temple (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-19)
Evidence (2023-03-17): ‘Know my religion': Mehbooba defends temple visit, offering water to Shivling [...] After a video of PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti offering water to Shiva Lingam at Navagraha temple at Poonch on March 15 went viral, she said on Thursday that there was no need make an issue out of it and attributed her act to the secular ethos and Ganga-Jamuni culture of India. [...] Also read | Mehbooba Mufti remembers Nehru unfurling tricolour in J&K as Rahul ends Yatra
Claim: A picture of Mehbooba Mufti offering milk at a temple (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-19)
Evidence (2023-03-16): Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday visited a temple built by a former PDP leader in Poonch district, and drew criticism from the BJP. [...] However, BJP leader Kavinder Gupta termed Ms. Mufti’s visit to the temple as "drama". "It is very obvious when elections are coming, they start doing these kinds of drama and gimmickry. Let’s hope she works for India’s interest and [does] not come out in support of Pakistan or militants," Mr. Gupta said. BJP spokesperson Altaf Thakur accused Ms. Mufti of "playing a Hindutva card". "Ms. Mufti offering milk and flowers in the Shiv temple shows her attitude has changed after the abrogation of Article 370. Though she belongs to the Taliban ideology, her repentance at the feet of Shiv-ji is a message for those who espouse fundamentalist ideology," Mr. Thakur alleged.
Claim: A picture of Mehbooba Mufti offering milk at a temple (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-19)
Evidence (2022-09-13): A newspaper clipping showing former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, praying in a temple is doing rounds on social media. The description in the clipping states that she is worshipping at the Kheer Bhawani temple in Ganderbal, Jammu, during the yearly fair, along with Kashmiri-Hindus. [...] Amar Ujala has given the picture credits to the Indian news agency PTI. Taking a cue from this we looked for the image in the photo archives of the agency. The description of the picture reads: ‘Ganderbal: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti offers prayers at the Kheer Bhawani temple on the occasion of annual Mela in Ganderbal District in Srinagar on Sunday. PTI Photo by S Irfan (PTI6_12_2016_000083B)’. This confirms that the picture is from 2016. [...] Therefore, based on our investigation, we can conclusively say that the picture of the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, worshipping in a temple has nothing to do with the abrogation of article 370. The photo is viral with misleading claims.
Claim: A picture of Mehbooba Mufti offering milk at a temple (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-19)
Evidence (2023-02-21): A newspaper clipping showing former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, praying in a temple is doing the rounds on social media. The description in the clipping states that she is worshipping at the Kheer Bhawani temple in Ganderbal, Jammu. [...] Amar Ujala has given the picture credits to the Indian news agency PTI. The image in the photo archives of the agency carries a caption: ‘Ganderbal: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti offers prayers at the Kheer Bhawani temple on the occasion of annual Mela in Ganderbal District in Srinagar on Sunday. PTI Photo by S Irfan (PTI6_12_2016_000083B)’. This confirms that the picture is from 2016. [...] Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral picture showing Mehbooba Mufti worshipping in a temple has nothing to do with the abrogation of Article 370.
Claim: A picture of Mehbooba Mufti offering milk at a temple (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-19)
Evidence (2016-04-19): Mehbooba_Mufti_Ji.jpg (298 × 388 pixels, file size: 104 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)