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Tap water flowing into homes has women flowing into India's workforce
1 week, 5 days ago

Tap water flowing into homes has women flowing into India's workforce

India Today  

A silent yet impactful transformation is underway in India. The Jal Jeevan Mission, aimed at providing tap water supply to every rural household, has resulted in an increase in women's participation in agriculture and allied activities, a recent report by the State Bank of India has revealed. HOW TAP WATER IN VILLAGES HAS HELPED RURAL WOMEN JOIN INDIA'S WORKFORCE The …

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Women’s participation in labour force surged from FY18 to FY23: PM’s economic advisory council
1 week, 6 days ago

Women’s participation in labour force surged from FY18 to FY23: PM’s economic advisory council

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India's female labour force participation rate rose significantly from 2017-18 to 2022-23, especially in rural areas, according to a new working paper by the economic advisory council to the prime minister. The paper, which analysed data from the government’s Periodic Labour Force Surveys, said India's overall rural female LFPR surged from 24.6% to 41.5%, while urban female LFPR …

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Has the UK's stats watchdog created a 'phantom' inactivity crisis? Experts warn nearly a MILLION workers are ignored in figures produced by ONS… where staff voted for strikes so they can WFH all week
1 month ago

Has the UK's stats watchdog created a 'phantom' inactivity crisis? Experts warn nearly a MILLION workers are ignored in figures produced by ONS… where staff voted for strikes so they can WFH all week

Daily Mail  

Nearly one million workers in Britain's jobs market have been 'lost' because of poor data produced by the UK's official statistics body, experts have claimed. The Resolution Foundation think tank said the Office for National Statistics had underestimated growth in employment since 2019 by 930,000 workers. Nearly one million workers in Britain's jobs market have been 'lost' because of poor …

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Hand rocking the cradle can change India
5 months ago

Hand rocking the cradle can change India

New Indian Express  

There was a recent report that a multinational firm in Chennai had taken a policy decision against recruiting married women. With constitutional guarantees of equality in education and employment, women in India have achieved success in educational and professional fields and broken the glass ceiling when provided with opportunities. However, a large proportion of women do encounter subtle biases when …

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Only 7% of MSME credit to women; low female labour force participation drag on growth: RBI ED
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Only 7% of MSME credit to women; low female labour force participation drag on growth: RBI ED

The Hindu  

Reserve Bank's executive director Neeraj Nigam on July 5 said low labour force participation among women is a barrier to financial inclusion efforts and also to broader economic growth. He said there is also a need to up the credit supply to women, pointing out that only 7% of the overall outstanding loans to micro, small and medium enterprises are …

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What's the unemployment rate in your region? This data tells you
7 months, 3 weeks ago

What's the unemployment rate in your region? This data tells you

ABC  

Do you feel like the unemployment rate doesn't reflect the reality of where you're living? "This new data will provide regions across Australia with a much better indication of the state of their labour market and how it’s changing over time," he said. "Regional labour market information is some of the most sought-after information the ABS produces, so it's exciting …

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Budget 2024: Where are the ‘good jobs’? Wages aren’t working for women
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Where are the ‘good jobs’? Wages aren’t working for women

Live Mint  

The budget that Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented in Parliament is just an interim one, but in an election year, even an interim budget is consequential as a signal of priorities. The latest round of the Reserve Bank of India’s Consumer Confidence Survey suggests that a vast majority of those earning an average monthly income of less than INR 25,000 …

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Women, marriage and labour market participation
1 year, 1 month ago

Women, marriage and labour market participation

The Hindu  

Women’s labour market participation is often concomitant with enhanced economic prospects and better household decision-making power. From a macroeconomic standpoint, a diminished level of women’s labour force participation rate has significant consequences for women’s intra and inter-household bargaining power, as well as the overall economic progress of the nation. When analysing the female labour force participation rate based on the …

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Explained | What were Claudia Goldin’s observations about female participation in the labour force which earned her the Nobel Prize?
1 year, 2 months ago

Explained | What were Claudia Goldin’s observations about female participation in the labour force which earned her the Nobel Prize?

The Hindu  

October 10, 2023 08:30 pm | Updated 08:55 pm IST The story so far: On Monday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences for 2023 was being awarded to Harvard University Professor Claudia Goldin for “having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”. The Harvard professor observed that in the early …

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Digital infrastructure is aiding women too unevenly
1 year, 3 months ago

Digital infrastructure is aiding women too unevenly

Live Mint  

With the successful landing of Chandrayaan 3 on the moon and the G20 Summit, India is on a roll. The services sector accounts for the largest share in total urban employment, and it could surely leverage the use of mobile phones linked to the internet to boost labour participation among women. Using recently released data from the National Sample Survey, …

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For an equal future, G20’s gender vision
1 year, 3 months ago

For an equal future, G20’s gender vision

Hindustan Times  

The G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration 2023 can only be described using two adjectives – inclusive and visionary. Right from the outset, the Declaration makes its commitment crystal clear: G20 nations are dedicated to closing gender gaps and promoting “the full, equal, effective, and meaningful participation of women” in the economy as decision-makers. The New Delhi Declaration dedicates a distinct …

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Let’s step up strategic efforts to mobilize India’s labour potential
2 years, 2 months ago

Let’s step up strategic efforts to mobilize India’s labour potential

Live Mint  

For years, India’s demographic transition has garnered significant attention. As per the National Sample Survey Office’s Periodic Labour Force Survey 2020-21, India’s labour force participation rate for all age groups is around 41.6%. With our working-age population projected to grow by roughly 9.7 million per year from 2021 to 2031 and 4.2 million annually in the 2031-41 period, there is …

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Is moral policing the newest deterrent to female labour force participation?
2 years, 4 months ago

Is moral policing the newest deterrent to female labour force participation?

Hindustan Times  

Last week, working women across India awakened to a new reality. Women being forced to choose jobs that are closer to home for fear of sexual harassment on public transport, picking up part-time jobs to manage the burden of unpaid care work, or refraining from working in factories and doing office jobs considered “suitable for women” are all examples patriarchal …

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Unemployment rate for persons 15 years and above in urban areas slips to 8.7% in Oct-Dec 2021: NSO survey
2 years, 7 months ago

Unemployment rate for persons 15 years and above in urban areas slips to 8.7% in Oct-Dec 2021: NSO survey

Firstpost  

The unemployment rate for persons of age 15 years and above in July-September 2021 was 9.8 per cent in urban areas, the 13th Periodic Labour Force Survey showed New Delhi: The unemployment rate for persons of 15 years and above in urban areas slipped to 8.7 per cent in October-December 2021 from 10.3 per cent in the year-ago quarter, showed …

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Wrong to infer that half of working age population dropped out of labour force: Government
2 years, 7 months ago

Wrong to infer that half of working age population dropped out of labour force: Government

The Hindu  

Responding to a recent report of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, the Union Labour and Employment Ministry on Tuesday said it was “factually incorrect” to infer that half the working age population had dropped out of the labour force as a large proportion was pursuing education or engaged in unpaid activities such as caregiving. A substantial portion of working …

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Budget 2022: Tax Breaks, Fuel Tax Cuts Needed to Boost Consumption, Says Report
2 years, 10 months ago

Budget 2022: Tax Breaks, Fuel Tax Cuts Needed to Boost Consumption, Says Report

News 18  

Mumbai, Jan 28: The forthcoming budget needs to delay fiscal consolidation, instead should focus more on supporting the pandemic battered-economy and boost consumption demand by offering income tax soaps and cutting fuel taxes, says a report. In a pre-budget report, India Ratings said it expects the new budget to consolidate and strengthen the plan set out in the last budget, …

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Opinion: Targeting Non-locals Who Were Actually Serving Kashmir is against Kashmiriyat
3 years, 2 months ago

Opinion: Targeting Non-locals Who Were Actually Serving Kashmir is against Kashmiriyat

News 18  

Last few days in Kashmir Valley have shamed the people of Kashmir in the eyes of global community due to the bloody, gruesome, cowardly and selective target killing of members of non-local migrant labour force from states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal etc., who have been working hard and earning their livelihood in different parts of Kashmir Valley for …

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COVID-19 pandemic will force 1.8 crore Indians to find a new occupation by 2030, says McKinsey report
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic will force 1.8 crore Indians to find a new occupation by 2030, says McKinsey report

Firstpost  

Mumbai: COVID-19 will have a lasting impact on labour markets, and as much as 18 million Indian workers will be forced to switch to a newer occupation by 2030 because of the pandemic, a report said on Friday. The impact will be “disproportionately” felt on low-wage workers in retail, food services, hospitality, and office administration, the report by McKinsey Global …

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Covid-19 May Force Millions of Children Back into Slavery, Trafficking, Child Marriage: Kailash Satyarthi
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 May Force Millions of Children Back into Slavery, Trafficking, Child Marriage: Kailash Satyarthi

News 18  

New Delhi: For four decades Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi rescued thousands of children from the scourge of slavery and trafficking but he fears all his efforts could reverse as the coronavirus pandemic forces children into labour. “The biggest threat is that millions of children may fall back into slavery, trafficking, child labour, child marriage,” said Satyarthi who was awarded …

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