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Majority of India’s 900 Million Workforce Stop Looking for Jobs
- Labor participation rate dropped from 46% to 40% in five years
- Only 9% of Indian women are employed or looking for jobs
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India’s job creation problem is morphing into a greater threat: a growing number of people are no longer even looking for work.
Frustrated at not being able to find the right kind of job, millions of Indians, particularly women, are exiting the labor force entirely, according to new data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt, a private research firm in Mumbai.