India adds 97 million women workers, but many remain in insecure, low-paid jobs
- India’s female workforce nearly doubled from 104 million in 2017-18 to 201 million in 2025.
- Much of the growth came from agriculture, self-employment and unpaid family work.
- Rural women earned just 45% of men’s average monthly wages in 2025.
- Around 60% of women outside the workforce cited household and childcare duties as the reason.
Source: theprint.in
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