This report provides updated estimates of family living income expenses and living wages for rural Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu State in India. The update for 2023 takes into account inflation and changes in payroll deductions since the original Anker living wage study carried out in July 2018 (Barge, Anker, Khan & Anker, 2018).

This report provides updated estimates of family living income expenses and living wages for rural Nigiris, Tamil Nadu State in India. The update for 2022 takes into account inflation and changes in payroll deductions since the original Anker living wage study carried out in July 2018 (Barge, Anker, Khan & Anker, 2018).

This report updates to July 2020 living wage and living expenses/living income for rural Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu State, India. The net living wage (i.e. take-home pay required for basic decency) and living expenses (living cost for a reference size family of 4 for basic decency) were both updated to the study month of the most recent calendar year – July 2020 – to take into account the amount of inflation since the original study in July 2018. Without accounting for inflation, the net living wage estimated in 2018 would not be sufficient for workers to have a basic but decent standard of living in 2020 because the purchasing power of the living wage would have decreased. Similarly, living expenses for a reference family are also updated to July 2020 to account for inflation. The gross living wage (aka living wage) was updated to July 2020 by also taking into account mandatory deductions from pay that workers would need to pay on the updated 2020 living wage. This was done using July 2020 laws.