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Consider the following statement about the Global Wage Report 2018/19

1. Workers in India got the highest average real wage growth (adjusted for inflation) in the last decade in southern Asia.

2. Pakistan had the highest gap between men and women income.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2 only

Neither 1 and 2

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Explanation:

Workers in India got the highest average real wage growth (adjusted for inflation) in the last decade in southern Asia, according to the Global Wage Report 2018/19 published by International Labour Organisation (ILO). During 2008-17, real wage growth in India stood at 5.5 per cent, highest among all the countries in southern Asia, the report said.

Meanwhile, according to the report, India and Pakistan had the highest gap of 34.5 per cent and 34 per cent respectively between what men and women earn. This wage gap was the worst among all the 73 countries for which data was compiled.