‘When I get home, my whole body aches’: extreme heat saps health and wages of India’s poorest workers
New research indicates that extreme heat is significantly reducing the income of India's informal outdoor workers, acting as a 'poverty multiplier.' Workers in sectors like construction and agriculture are losing up to 9% of their annual wages due to heat-related inability to work.
Workers in highly physical jobs in some sectors lost on average 6.6% of their salaries in 2024 due to extreme heat, analysis found. Photograph: Saqib Majeed/Sopa Images/Shutterstock Workers in highly physical jobs in some sectors lost on average 6.6% of their salaries in 2024 due to extreme heat, analysis found. Photograph: Saqib Majeed/Sopa Images/Shutterstock Extreme heat ‘When I get home, my whole body aches’: extreme heat saps health and wages of India’s poorest workers Exclusive: Outdoor workers losing up to 9% of income as weather becomes ‘poverty multiplier’, research says
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