National Statistical Office
The NSO data suggests that the percentage of women in regular wages or as salaried employees has gone up to 58.2 per cent in the quarter ending March 2019, vis-a-vis 56.1 per cent in the year 2018, indicating a rise of 2.1 per cent in women’s employment in urban India. Compared to this, the rise in men’s employment for the same period stood at 1.5 per cent—46.4 per cent in 2018 and 47.9 per cent for the quarter ending March 2019.
Women’s employability sees uptick
27 Nov 2019 1:08 AM

Barriers for increased women’s workforce participation is found relatively more in semi-urban and rural areas.

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