Designing urban employment schemes for women June 4, 2021, 10:32 AM IST
Nikhil Iyer is a Policy Analyst at The Quantum Hub, a public policy research and communications firm based in New Delhi.
Seven way to bring women back to the labour force, provide livelihood and income security, and increase women’s agency in cities.
With localised restrictions in 34 states and union territories, the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has effectively led to a national lockdown, yet again. Data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) suggests that the urban unemployment rate neared 12 percent in the week leading up to May 9, 2021 up from 9.5 percent in the week ending April 25. In April 2021, India’s labour force participation rate fell to 39.9 percent. This is the third consecutive month for which it has fallen and is the lowest since May 2020. Experience from the past year, when the urban unemployment rate shot up to ne