Indian Women Participation in Economy..!
# # The workforce participation rate of females in rural sector was 26.1 in 2009‐
10 (NSS 64th Round) while that for males was 54.7. In Urban sector, it was 13.8 for
females and 54.3 for males.
Among the States / UTs, workforce participation rate of females in the rural sector was the highest in Himachal Pradesh at 46.8 % and in the urban sector, it was the highest in Mizoram at 28.8 %.
# # In the rural sector, 55.7 % females were self‐employed, 4.4 % females had
regular wage/ salaried employment and 39.9 % females were casual labours compared
with 53.5 %, 8.5 % and 38.0 % males in the same categories respectively.
# # A total of 20.4% women were employed in the organized sector in 2010 with
17.9 % working in the public sector and 24.5% in the private.
# # The labour force participation rate of women across all age‐groups was 20.8
in rural sector and 12.8 in urban sector compared with 54.8 and 55.6 for men in the
rural and urban sectors respectively in 2009‐10 (NSS 64th Round).
# # The unemployment rate for women of all ages was 2.4 compared with 2.0 for
men in the rural areas in 2009‐10. It was 7 for women and 3.1 for men in urban
areas during the same period. Among the States / UTs, the highest unemployment
rate for women in rural sector was observed in Chandigarh (51.1 %) and in the urban
sector in Dadra and Nagar Haveli (60 %) in 2009‐10.
# #. Of the total job seekers registered with employed exchanges, women constituted
32.5 % in 2009.
# # The female share of total Central Government employment stood at 10 % in
2009.
# # The share of female employees in the scheduled commercial banks was
15.9 % in 2009 which rose slightly to 16.6 % in 2010.
Average wage, Salary per day for Females Rs. 155.87
# # In 2009‐10, the average wage / salary received by regular wage / salaried employees
of age 15‐59 years was Rs. 155.87 per day for females compared with Rs. 249.15 per day for males in rural areas. For urban areas, it was Rs. 308.79 and Rs. 377.16 per day for females and males respectively.
# # In 2010, the number of accounts operated by females in all commercial banks
was 153.18 crores compared with 487.37 crore accounts operated by males. The deposit
amount was Rs. 5,17,209.74 crore for females and Rs. 18,38,826.25 crore for
males.
# # In 2011‐12, the share of women swarojgaris in the total swarojgaris assisted
under the Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgaar Yojna (SGSY) stood at 69.4 %.
# # The share of women in the person days employed through MGNREGA stood
at 48.3 % in 2011‐12 (all districts with rural areas).
Women Spent 3.2 Hours on Cooking Food, Cleaning Households Per Day..!
# # According to the pilot Time Use Survey conducted in 18,620 households
spread over 6 selected States, namely, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Orissa,
Tamil Nadu & Meghalaya during the period June 1998 to July 1999, women spent
nearly 2.1 hours per day on cooking food and about 1.1 hours on cleaning the households
and utensils.
# # Men’s participation in cooking food, cleaning the households
and utensils activities was nominal. Taking care of children was one of the major responsibilities of women, as they spent nearly 3.16 hours per week on these activities as compared to only 0.32 hours by males.
Src: wowen and men in india 2012 mospi report
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