Rs 9,000 Per Month Salary Is "Exploitation", Court Tells Odisha To Reconsider Home Guards Wages

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over low salary of home guards in Odisha and directed the state government to reconsider its decision of paying Rs 9,000 per month.
A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna noted that home guards in Odisha are being paid only Rs 9,000 per month i.e. Rs 300 per day.

The Supreme Court also took note that many of the home guards are working for more than 15 years, while police personnel in the state are