File picture shows workers walking in front of the construction site of a commercial complex on the outskirts of Ahmedabad

Workers walk in front of the construction site of a commercial complex on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, in this April 22, 2013 file picture. While India has long suffered from a dearth of workers with vocational skills like plumbers and electricians, efforts to alleviate poverty in poor, rural areas have helped stifle what was once a flood of cheap, unskilled labour from India’s poorest states. Struggling to cope with soaring food prices, this dwindling supply of migrant workers are demanding – and increasingly getting – rapid increases in pay and benefits. To match story INDIA-ECONOMY/INFLATION REUTERS/Amit Dave/Files (INDIA – Tags: BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)