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77.8 percent
Meghalaya’s labour force participation rate (for those aged 15-59 years) in 2023-24
The highest across all Indian states, and significantly higher than the national LFPR (60.5 percent)
Latest Publications
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Are manufacturing jobs growing or declining? Here’s what the data shows
A study based on National Statistical Office (NSO) surveys suggests that manufacturing employment in India has grown in recent years but not to the extent quoted by some experts.
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Women and Work
CEDA’s flagship monthly publication curates the most essential updates about women’s participation in the economy.
Editor’s picks
The Elephant is set to overtake the Dragon, or is it?
India is estimated to have overtaken China and become the most populous country on the planet in July 2023. One implication of this is that potentially, India’s labour force would now be larger than China’s. Or would it?
How labour force participation rates in India vary across age groups
In 2022-23, 58.3 percent of Indians aged 15-59 years (the working age group) were part of its labour force. But this share was not uniformly distributed across the entire age group.
Support your work with data-driven insights
CEDA’s interactive data portal lets users generate and download visualizations of socio-economic and demographic indicators for India.
In the News
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The mystery of India’s female labour-force participation rate
The Economist quotes CEDA research in their article on India’s female labour-force participation rate.
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A vicious circle: How gender gap makes workplaces unsafe for women
Business Standard quotes CEDA research in their article on gender gap in workplaces.
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Data dive: Can India overcome the cycle of sexual violence?
The Mint quotes a CEDA data narrative on POSH complaints in India.
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Why women need more and better jobs and why core problems like lack of safety, mobility need to be addressed
The Economic Times quotes a CEDA data narrative on women’s labour force participation in India.
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More Women Than Ever in India Inc, But They Hold Less Than a Fifth of Leadership Positions: New Study
Article 14 cites CEDA research on fostering gender-inclusive workspaces and also data from the POSH act in their article on women in senior leadership roles in the country.
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The Contractualisation of Workforce in India’s Factories Continues
The Wire republishes a CEDA data narrative on the contractualisation of workforce in India’s factories
