Updated Dec 17, 2020 | 21:14 IST
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New Delhi: The urban female labour participation rate in the country fell to its lowest in November at 6.9% since the data was first computed in 2016. The trend is against expectation as urban women are more educated and there are better job opportunities in urban India, says Mahesh Vyas, MD and CEO, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE).
Speaking on Friday at the Women@Work conference organised by the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune International Centre, India Development Foundation and the Mumbai School of Economics and Public Policy, Vyas said during 2018 and 2019, when there were no economic shocks, the female participation in the labour force had stabilised at 11%, which indicate
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