India needs more women in workforce to spur growth, say experts

Oct 16, 2024, at 06:04 am

New Delhi: With just a 32 percent female labour force participation rate in South Asia, increasing women’s employment requires a holistic approach and action from all stakeholders, experts said at a discussion on “Policy Options to Raise Female Employment in India”, organised jointly by the National Council of Applied Economic Research and the World Bank here on Tuesday.

India needs to grow at 8%, more female workers in high quality jobs to reach developed country status: World Bank report

Oct 04, 2023, at 07:13 am

New Delhi: World Bank senior economist Dhruv Sharma has said India must achieve an approximate growth rate of 8 percent to attain developed country status by 2047, and underscored that achieving such rapid growth is unlikely with the current low level of female workforce participation, media reported.

Bridgestone India inducts 93 women apprentices in manufacturing operations

Sep 02, 2023, at 04:35 pm

Kolkata: Bridgestone India, as part of an upskilling initiative in manufacturing, has inducted 93 women apprentices in the company’s manufacturing operations at Pune.

Many female workers leave as TCS ends work from home

Jun 14, 2023, at 04:40 am

Bengaluru: IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) suffered an unintended setback when it announced an end to remote work as more female employees decided not to return to work than their male counterparts.

Women from tier 2 cities and beyond dominating the job market: Report

Jan 18, 2023, at 06:38 am

New Delhi: In the year 2022, jobs and professional networking platform, apna witnessed more than 31 million professional conversations among women from Tier 1, Tier 2, and beyond cities with an overall 36% YoY increase in women users on the platform.