{"id":241030,"date":"2023-05-05T19:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=241030"},"modified":"2023-05-05T19:36:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:06:00","slug":"findings-of-plfs-on-flpr-bitter-half-of-working-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/findings-of-plfs-on-flpr-bitter-half-of-working-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Findings of PLFS on FLPR: Bitter-Half Of Working Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cBitter-Half Of Working Story\u201d <\/b>published in The Times of India <\/b>on\u00a05th May 2023<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 3 \u2013 Inclusive growth and issues arising from it..<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About the findings of PLFS on FLPR.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: According to the recent Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report, female labour force participation rate (FLPR) (current weekly status) has increased from 16% in 2017-18 to 21% in 2021-22, while the unemployment rate has declined from 4% to 2%.<\/p>\n

It means around 22. 5 million more women have joined the workforce or are actively seeking work, despite the impact of Covid-19 on women and young girls.<\/p>\n

What are some key findings of the recent PLFS on FLPR?<\/h2>\n

Self-Employed & Unpaid<\/strong>: Women in casual labour and in regular\/wage employment have declined by 6% and 4% respectively. On the other hand, the share of self-employed women drastically increased by 10% to stand at 62%.<\/p>\n

The majority of self-employed women work as part-time or full-time helpers in their household enterprises and are without pay (60%), while a lower percentage are employers and own-account workers (40%).<\/p>\n

Rural vs urban FLPR<\/strong>: Rural women\u2019s workforce participation emerged as the key driver of women\u2019s employment. When compared to pre-pandemic levels, this increased by almost 22% vis-\u00e0-vis the 2% for urban women.<\/p>\n

Decrease in salary workers<\/strong>: There is a simultaneous decrease in salaried, wage and casual labour work.<\/p>\n

Gender-wage inequality has also increased<\/strong>: For the self-employed, men have gone from earning 2. 2 times more than women in 2017-18 to 2. 6 times in 2020-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: The financial inclusion of women is set for a tech leap<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What are the key observations from the PLFS findings on FLPR?<\/h2>\n

a)<\/strong> Agriculture remains the most ubiquitous employment, b)<\/strong> Increasing feminisation in agriculture. For instance, women’s participation increased from 57% in 2017-18 to 63% in 2021-22, c)<\/strong> There is a high increase in informalisation of women\u2019s work, d)<\/strong> The distribution of women\u2019s labour force has changed since the pandemic, and e)<\/strong> These shifts in FLPR are deeply gendered, underpinned by existing and new Covid-19induced gendered expectations and norms.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: Evidence suggests women were hit worse by Covid-19 in terms of loss of jobs, economic distress, and an increased burden of household work, up by as much as 30%, when compared to men.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: In politics and bureaucracy, women are severely under-represented<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What should be done to improve quality in FLPR?<\/h2>\n

–Transition must be made<\/strong> out of low-paying low-productivity roles into work that offers sustainable livelihood.<\/p>\n

Structural reforms are required<\/strong>. Such as, a)<\/strong> providing greater access to opportunities in lucrative sectors such as manufacturing, and job roles, and b)<\/strong> supporting women to move up in the agricultural value chain, such as providing market access.<\/p>\n

Greater access to gender-responsive opportunities <\/strong>so that women can balance domestic roles with paid work. These include facilitating flexible work, part-time roles, and hyper-local opportunities.<\/p>\n

Empower women with skill-sets <\/strong>such as quality and demand-driven technical, vocational skills and soft skills and resources<\/strong> such as safe and affordable transport, mentorship etc so that they can take on more remunerative jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: Nari shakti\u2019 offers G20 nations a women\u2019s empowerment model<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cBitter-Half Of Working Story\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a05th May 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.. Relevance: About the findings of PLFS on FLPR. News: According to the recent Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report, female labour force participation rate… Continue reading Findings of PLFS on FLPR: Bitter-Half Of Working Story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10496],"class_list":["post-241030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":4,"cached_at":1698374007,"cached_date":1698450231},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}