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India's unemployment rate drops to 5.1% in July as job market improves, more women join workforceIndia's unemployment rate fell to 5.1% in July 2026, showing positive labor market trends. Both labor force participation and worker popula...- The female breadwinner era is here: Why millions more women are working while younger men are quietly leaving the labor forceUS women now hold more jobs than men, a significant economic shift. This trend is driven by long-term structural forces, not a recession. F...
- Government links payments to skill centres with jobsThe Skill Development Ministry is linking payments to training providers to candidate placement. A ₹530-crore Skills Outcome Fund will ince...
- Higher education enrolment hits record 4.5 crore; Female enrolment jumps 42.2% over a decade; STEM enrolment crosses 1 croreTotal student enrollment reached a record 4.50 crore in 2023-24, showing significant growth. Women's participation rose substantially, cont...
- India's biggest barrier for women who dream to work isn't a lack of jobs. It's unpaid careUnpaid care work, not job scarcity, keeps most Indian women out of the workforce in major cities, a new survey reveals. While female labour...
- Kolkata, Surat top million-plus cities in entrepreneurshipKolkata, Surat, and Greater Hyderabad lead India's entrepreneurial landscape, housing over 22% of unincorporated businesses. These major ci...
- Electronics sector sees women outpace men in employabilityThe staffing firm said women are highly sought because they demonstrate greater dexterity, consistency and process discipline. Employers al...
- Economic Survey calls for policies to promote flexible work to increase female workforceIndia's Economic Survey 2025-26 reveals women face workplace hurdles like limited mobility and rigid schedules. It calls for flexible work,...
- Net formal job creation under EPFO rises 4% to 1.6 million in FebNet formal job creation under EPFO saw a rise to 1.6 million in February, a 3.99% increase from the previous year, with 0.74 million new su...
- Achieving 70% female workforce participation by 2047 pivotal for a Viksit Bharat: Labour secretary Sumita DawraSpeaking at the Women in Services Sector - the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Dialogue 2025 on Wednesday, Dawra said over the past ...
- Shaktikanta Das suggests a new playbook to set right a long-standing job market imbalance in IndiaDas emphasised the financial sector's role in bridging the gender gap by providing more employment opportunities for women and creating tai...
- India needs 400 million more women in workforce to contribute $14 trillion to economyIndia needs to nearly double its female labour force participation rate to 70% by 2047 to add USD 14 trillion to the economy, according to ...
- Task force on female workforce participation to submit its report in three months, says labour ministryLabour and employment secretary Sumita Dawra chaired the 7th meeting of the task force on Friday to firm up the report which is expected to...
- India looks to match world average for share of women in workforceProposals under consideration include incentives to create employment, development of the care economy, and enabling easier access to finan...
- Increased female participation in workforce implies prosperity, not distressHad distress been driving poor people to work, FWPR would have risen fastest for the poorest deciles of the rural population. In fact, rise...
- Labour Ministry issues advisory to employers to promote women workforce participationIn an advisory, issued on Wednesday, the labour ministry has suggested employers to take proactive initiatives to encourage women to partic...
- India's female workforce participation witnessed a dip in past two decadesAs per the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2022, India ranked 107th in ‘educational attainment’, but ranks more distant in ...
- Shifting the focus: Migration and female labour force participationWhen it comes to work, male migrants have a higher labour force participation rate than females in every part of the world. While females f...
- Women workforce skews further off pre-pandemic levelsIndia's already low female workforce participation has been skewed further by the pandemic with female workforce still in high double-digit...
- As pandemic continues to rage, hiring recovers, gender parity improves with female workforce up from 30% in April to 37% by July-endHiring picked up by 25 percentage points by end of July as compared to June.
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