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Is Pakistan prepared as IMF swings towards inclusive growth?
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan has had a low labour force participation rate over the past 20 years, and its investment rate has been at 15 per cent of GDP, significantly below the strongest performers in the area, The Express Tribune reported.
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World Bank's toolkit aims to make transport, public spaces more gender inc
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Public transport services are not traditionally designed keeping in mind women's safety and their specific travel needs, the World Bank said. This severely limits their access to work, education and life choices. India has amongst the lowest female labour force participation rates globally,
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India's unemployment rate eases to 7.2 in second quarter
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Labour force participation rate in CWS (Current Weekly Status) in urban areas for persons aged 15 years and above increased to 47.9 per cent in the July-September quarter from 46.9 per cent in the same period a year ago.
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India making efforts to reduce gender gaps in labour force participation,
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): India is making collective efforts to reduce gender gaps in labour force participation, said Union Minister for Labour and Employment Santosh Gangwar at a ministerial address on Declaration and Employment Working Group Priorities at G20 Labour and Employment
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Budget 2021: Increase of between 1-2 per cent in women's labour force part
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] February 2 (ANI/BusinessWire India): On the occasion of the Union Budget 2021 having been presented in the parliament by Nirmala Sitaraman, Minister of Finance, Government of India, and the announcement that women will be allowed to work all shifts, there is a lo
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How are Indian Universities helping to reduce gender inequality in the wor
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI/SRV Media): In India, women constitute 46.2 percent of the total enrolment in higher education but the female labour force participation rate is a mere 21 percent, as against a global average of 40%. In fact, not only is the number very low, but for those w
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India will add 160-170 million labour force by 2020: study
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): India's labour force will expand by 160-170 million in 2020, depends on various factors which includes population growth rate, labour force participation, education enrolment at higher levels etc, an ASSOCHAM -Thought Arbitrage joint study has pointed ou
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