Journal of Indian School of Political Economy

Sarita Agrawal ¹

Affiliations
1 M.D. College of Arts and Commerce, Bombay, IN

Abstract

Reduction in unemployment has been one of the principal objectives of economic planning in India. Based on Population Census data, this paper examines the trends in employment and more specifically trends in the employment of women in India. The analysis of the data shows that for the past few decades, employment has been gradually declining. In the case of women it has not only been declining, but has also been extremely low. This is also substantiated by the NSS data. The paper also examines the causes for this low and declining trend in women's labour force participation.

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