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More Women in India Have Self-Employment than Salaried Jobs

July 04, 2019

More Women in India Have Self-Employment than Salaried Jobs

According to the employment data provided by researchers at Azim Premji University, there are fewer women in the Indian workforce compared to 6 years ago. Today, 18% have full-time employment compared to 25% in 2011-12 in rural areas, and 14% against 15% in urban areas.

The data found that more women are now self-employed although there is a pay gap. It found that in the self-employment category, men earn twice what women earn in both urban and rural areas.

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