COVID-19 has led to an alarming drop in employment rate of women in India
India s female labour participation decreased to 16.1 percent in the July-September 2020 quarter, the lowest among major nations. File Photo
Updated: Aug 4, 2021, 01:37 PM IST
According to a government analysis, India s female labour participation decreased to 16.1 percent in the July-September 2020 quarter, the lowest among major nations, showing the impact of the epidemic and a rising job crisis.
According to the study released on Monday by the Ministry of Statistics, the percentage of women in the labour force fell to a historical low of 15.5 percent during the April-June 2020 quarter, when India imposed a stringent lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
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According to World Bank estimates, India has one of the lowest female labor force participation rates in the world. Less than a third of women – defined in the report as 15 or older – are working or actively looking for a job.
The female labor participation rate in India had fallen to 20.3% in 2019 from more than 26% in 2005, according to World Bank estimates, compared with 30.5% in neighboring Bangladesh and 33.7% in Sri Lanka.
Most employed women in India are in low-skilled work, such as farm and factory labor and domestic help, sectors that have been hit hard by the pandemic.
The unemployment rate among women touched 15.8%, compared with 12.6% among male workers during three months that ended in September 2020, the latest quarter for which data was released.
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FILE PHOTO: Employees work at a diamond jewellery manufacturing factory in Mumbai, India, August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Hemanshi Kamani/File Photo
NEW DELHI, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Female labour participation rate in India fell to 16.1% during the July-September 2020 quarter, the lowest among the major economies, a government report said, reflecting the impact of pandemic and a widening job crisis.
The percentage of women in the labour force had fallen to a record low of 15.5% during the April-June 2020 quarter, when India imposed strict lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 virus, said the report, released late Monday by the Ministry of Statistics.
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