Raghav JhunjhunwalaAIR 4 · CSE 2025 · 183 wordsTheir whole copy
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As per recent PLFS estimates; Female LFPR hovers around 20% as compared to male LFPR ~ 50%. This is a big socio-Economic Issue.
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How LFPR presents a wrong picture
① Recent Eco. Survey 22-23, laments about the wrong methodology used to capture LFPR. → It says that presently, more women are engaged in care-giving work at homes
- Teaching children
- care to Elders
- cooking, etc. → However, all this is not monetized → Reduces Female LFPR in Economy → Actually female LFPR should be over 50% for an Economy like ours.
How the issues are actually there:
① Social constraints a) → Females not permitted to work; esp. post marriage b) → Firms unwilling to hire female workers - more period leaves - Payment & leaves during Pregnancy - Bias
② Poor outcomes
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lower education & Health backing (>50% women Anaemic).
Thus, there are structural as well as actual issues in female LFPR rate calculation which needs both: Better methodology as well as societal Improvements.
IMF says: If females work as much as males (formally), nominal GDP growth can cross 20%.