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Stitching the Value Chain: How PM MITRA parks are rewriting India's textile destinyIndia's textile sector, a vital economic pillar, is undergoing a transformative shift with the PM MITRA scheme. This initiative aims to ove...- India’s demographic dividend at risk as jobs, skills gap persistIndia’s demographic advantage—with over 65% of its population under 35—faces growing pressure due to weak job creation, skill gaps and risi...
- India’s gig economy boom must start working for the women behind itFemale gig workers face challenges like limited mobility and financial access. Initiatives providing affordable asset finance and tailored ...
- ET Graphics | More women at work but few in powerWomen's employment in India is growing. The female labour force participation rate rose to 35.1% in January. More women are also launching ...
- Experts call for stronger policies to boost women's participation in platform economyNITI Aayog member Arvind Virmani emphasized that skill development and increased women's participation are crucial for India's economic gro...
- With immigration crackdown, how will America get the workers it needs?America confronts a significant worker shortage. An aging population and reduced immigration are key factors. Many residents are not partic...
- Economy to grow slower unless more women join workforce: MeitY secretarySpeaking at an event organised by business services provider Quess Corp and not-for-profit Udaiti Foundation, S Krishnan said that for stat...
- Indian women's labour participation decades away from matching G20 peers, economists say: PollA Reuters poll indicates India faces a long road to G20 parity in female workforce participation, potentially decades, with concerns that o...
- Saudi Arabia’s overall unemployment falls to just 2.8 per cent, with women leading the chargeSaudi Arabia's unemployment rate hit a record low of 6.3 per cent in Q1 2025, it is driven by increased participation of women in the workf...
- India launches pilot project for skills training of girls to boost their presence in labour forceIndia launches door-to-door mobilisation drive to train 3,800 adolescent girls in 27 districts across 19 states in skills like IT and hospi...
- Germany needs 288,000 foreign workers every year until 2040Germany needs an annual net migration of 288,000 workers until 2040 to counteract the effects of an aging population on its labor force, ac...
- Bringing more women to labour force key to achieving $30 tn GDP target: ReportA tailored entrepreneurial model for rural women and targeted urban job readiness initiatives could integrate 145 million 'missing women' i...
- Is marriage killing women's careers? World Bank report shows many South Asians pay 'marriage penalty'A World Bank report shows that in South Asia, women face a 'marriage penalty' and a 'child penalty,' leading to decreased labor participati...
- How apprenticeships can serve as a vital vehicle to address low women labor participation in IndiaIndia's apprenticeships signal shifting gender attitudes, with progress in compensation parity and inclusivity efforts. Addressing systemic...
- Multilateral institutions should help India to create decent work environment: ILO's Richard SamansIndia's G20 presidency will establish a working group on women empowerment to address issues such as low female labor force participation r...
- One factor that can put India ahead of the US as the 2nd biggest economyIndia is projected to overtake the US to become the world's second-largest economy by 2075, according to Goldman Sachs Research. India's GD...
- Majority of India’s 900 million workforce stop looking for jobsWith India betting on young workers to drive growth in one of the world’s fastest-expanding economies, the latest numbers are an ominous ha...
- Females lag in recovering lost job post pandemicMoreover the impact The impact on female employment was relatively more severe in the urban region. The female labour participation rate-FL...
- Saudi Arabia's $90 billion reason to allow women drivingEnding the ban is one of the most socially-consequential reforms implemented by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
- India’s rising wealth has a downside: Fewer women are workingFewer women are now entering the labor force. That's putting at risk the nation's much-vaunted demographic dividend.
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