Pay Parity in Cricket
Source: Indian Express
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What is discussed under Pay Parity in Cricket?
- Key Highlights of the BCCI meeting
- More About Pay Parity
Why in News?
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) unveiled a ‘pay equity policy’ on Thursday, stating that its centrally-contracted men’s and women’s players will get the same match fees.
Key Highlights of the BCCI meeting
- At the BCCI Apex Council Emergent Meeting, the decision was made.
Photo by Alessandro Bogliari on Unsplash - As a result, the women’s players will now receive Rs. 15 lakh for each Test match, Rs. 6 lakh for each ODI, and Rs. 3 lakh for each T20 International.
- They had been paid Rs 1 lakh for a white-ball match and Rs 4 lakh for a test match up to this point.
- Women’s cricket players are still paid the same yearly retainer – Rs. 50 lakh for Grade A, Rs. 30 lakh for Grade B, and Rs. 10 lakh for Grade C.
- Depending on their classification, guys who participate in more games are rewarded between Rs 1 and Rs 7 crore.
- In terms of international cricket, India is now the second nation to adopt equal pay.
- Equal match payments for its female players were declared by New Zealand Cricket earlier this year.
More About Pay Parity
- Up to 85% of working women in India missed out on a raise or promotion as a result of their gender, according to the LinkedIn Opportunity Index 2021 research.
- Only 25% of males and 21% of Indian men think that women receive less chances and are paid less than men, respectively, according to 37% of Indian women.
- The US Open was the first tennis organisation to implement wage equity, albeit it generated some controversy back then due to complaints that women only played matches that were best of three sets, not five, like the men.
- Women’s cricket has advanced significantly since the BCCI took over management of the sport in 2006, one of the last boards to do so despite having access to the same facilities as the men.
- Sport, which takes pleasure in being a metaphor for life, has contributed by bridging the gender parity gap.
- In terms of wage equality between men and women, India ranks a modest 103.
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