MORE DISGUISED THAN EMPLOYED
India Today|April 15, 2024
India's growth story is one of paradoxes.
Sonal Khetarpal
MORE DISGUISED THAN EMPLOYED

While unemployment is tapering off and women's participation in the labour market is seeing an uptick, concerns over the lack of quality and productive jobs loom large so goes the verdict of the 'India Employment Report 2024', published jointly by the Institute for Human Development (IHD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

'Informality' emerges as the key feature of the Indian labour market, with 81 per cent of the workforce engaged in the unorganised sector and over 90 per cent being informally employed. With the share of the jobless youth in the total unemployed populace at a staggering 82.9 per cent, the report revives fears that India may be losing out on its demographic dividend. The report also zeroes in on another paradox: women's labour force participation decreased between 2000 and 2019, but started improving thereon. On the surface, this appears promising, but, economists argue, the transition was mainly driven by a compulsion to work due to falling household incomes in rural areas.

Hence, much of the increase owed to women who entered self-employment as 'own account' workers (who neither pay nor receive salaries) and unpaid family workers, especially in villages.

Denne historien er fra April 15, 2024-utgaven av India Today.

Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.

Denne historien er fra April 15, 2024-utgaven av India Today.

Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.

FLERE HISTORIER FRA INDIA TODAYSe alt
A Life IN MUSIC
India Today

A Life IN MUSIC

To celebrate five decades of a storied musical career, Padma Shri Hariharan is headlining a special concert in Delhi on November 30

time-read
1 min  |
December 09, 2024
MURDERS MOST FOUL
India Today

MURDERS MOST FOUL

SAMYUKTA BHOWMICK'S DEBUT NOVEL, A FATAL DISTRACTION, IS A WHODUNIT THAT GOES BEYOND MERELY PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE MASTERS OF THE GENRE

time-read
2 mins  |
December 09, 2024
Jungle Book
India Today

Jungle Book

Avtar Singh creates a compelling tableau of characters brought together and torn asunder by migration, epidemic and circumstance

time-read
2 mins  |
December 09, 2024
BON VOYAGE
India Today

BON VOYAGE

The award-winning stage adaptation of Yann Martel's Life of Pi is coming to Mumbai this December

time-read
1 min  |
December 09, 2024
Earning His ACTING CHOPS
India Today

Earning His ACTING CHOPS

HIS LATEST STINT IN THE BUCKINGHAM MURDERS, WHICH JUST RELEASED ON NETFLIX, CEMENTS THE MULTI-HYPHENATE RANVEER BRAR'S REPUTATION AS A FINE ACTOR

time-read
2 mins  |
December 09, 2024
Strike a Pose
India Today

Strike a Pose

SOONI TARAPOREVALA'S SERIES DEBUT WAACK GIRLS ON PRIME VIDEO SHINES A LIGHT ON THE STREET DANCE STYLE OF WAACKING

time-read
2 mins  |
December 09, 2024
FATAL ATTRACTION
India Today

FATAL ATTRACTION

In I Want to Talk, Shoojit Sircar continues his exploration of death with the portrait of a tenacious man who beats it time and again

time-read
2 mins  |
December 09, 2024
LOVE LETTER TO THE MOUNTAINS
India Today

LOVE LETTER TO THE MOUNTAINS

'Journeying Across the Himalayas' is a new multidisciplinary festival in Delhi with a focus on the Himalayan region and its communities

time-read
1 min  |
December 09, 2024
The Art of CURATION
India Today

The Art of CURATION

Sunil Kant Munjal, founder patron of the Serendipity Arts Foundation, on how one of our biggest multi-disciplinary festivals came about and what to look forward to in this edition

time-read
3 mins  |
December 09, 2024
THE ROCKY ROAD AHEAD
India Today

THE ROCKY ROAD AHEAD

A US court's allegations of bribery in solar power contracts and US markets watchdog SEC's charges of concealing wrongdoings have jolted Gautam Adani's business empire. Even as he mounts a strong defence against the indictment, the group faces a crisis of investor confidence that may impact its growth plans

time-read
10 mins  |
December 09, 2024