India’s overall Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) for all ages stands at 44.9%, which means that around four in 10 Indians are either working or actively seeking work. The figure remains broadly ...

The gender-statistics compendium puts the national female Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) for those aged 15 years and above at 40 per cent in 2025, up from 33.9 per cent in 2022. Rural women ...

Mumbai: Nearly 90% of rural women in India still prefer in-person banking, despite the growing availability of digital services, according to a survey by DBS Bank India and Haqdarshak. The survey, ...

Agriculture and Women’s RoleAgriculture is not merely an economic activity; it is a foundation of human civilization. The story of agriculture is incomplete without recognizing the role of women in ...

Across villages and cities, more women are stepping up as entrepreneurs, but beneath it lies a more uneven story, where ...

PARSAUNI, India — This country’s rapid rise was supposed to uplift the rural poor. Instead, economic stagnation is pulling men and women in opposite directions. On paper, the Indian economy shines, ...

What it did not ask was what extreme heat is doing to that participation. Across India's informal economy, women like Meena ...