Gender
Objective
- To create an enabling environment, sans institutional and structural barriers.
- To enhance the female labour force participation rate to at least 30 per cent by 2022-23.
Current Situation
- However, a declining female labour force participation rate (LFPR) despite increasing levels of education and declining fertility rates has emerged as a worrying trend.
- The current female LFPR is 23.7 per cent (26.7 per cent in rural areas and 16.2 per cent in urban areas). The declining trend is particularly strong in rural areas, where it has gone down from 49.7 per cent in 2004-05 to 26.7 per cent ....
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