Kharge also pointed out that passenger vehicle sales dropped by 19 per cent in September, and most October sales are flat.The Finance Ministry has noted that there has been 2.3 per cent contraction in automobile sales, he said, adding that a crucial indicator of rural economic health, two-wheeler sales, has yet to surpass 2018 numbers.”Even SUV sales are at a 26-month low. Housing sales in India’s top 8 cities declined by 5 per cent in the quarter ending September 2024,” he said.Kharge also claimed that real wages for labourers stagnated between 2014-2023, and in fact declined between 2019-2024, he said citing Labour Bureau’s Wage Rate Index.Between 2014-15 and 2021-22, inflation-adjusted wages of India’s workforce have risen by less than 1 per cent (ILO), he said.”Modi ji, it is crystal clear that you do not believe in hard data, since you have mastered the art of FAKERY! BJP’s anti-people policies are corroding India’s Economy!” Kharge alleged in his post.
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