Only 27% Indian women are in labour force- the lowest among BRICS countries

Among G-20 countries, it is better only than Saudi Arabia

Rising income levels and stability in families are disincentivising women from joining the labour force, according to Reassessing Patterns of Female Labor Force Participation in India, a March 2017 report by the World Bank, which analysed government data from 2004-05 to 2011-12. As many as 19.6 million women–equivalent to the population of Romania–dropped out of the workforce during this period, of which rural women accounted for 53%, the report said.

In its three year (2017-20) ‘action agenda draft’ released on April 23, 2017,