India was 165th out of 187 countries in terms of female labour force participation rate in 2023, according to the World Bank’s Gender Data Portal. India’s female labour force participation rate was only 32.7 per cent. This means that a huge share of the population was not a part of the job market.

Women in India today are more educated than ever. But is this translating into increased labour force participation? The “care economy” may be restricting it to a certain level

India was 165th out of 187 countries in terms of female labour force participation rate in 2023, according to the World Bank’s Gender Data Portal. India’s female labour force participation rate (LFPR) was only 32.7 per cent. This means that a huge share of the population was not a part of the job market. The female LFPR in China was 60.5 per cent in the same year, almost double that of India….read more