India’s growth story is one of paradoxes. While unemployment is tapering off and women’s participation in the labour market is seeing an uptick, concerns over the lack of quality and productive jobs loom large—so goes the verdict of the ‘India Employment Report 2024’, published jointly by the Institute for Human Development (IHD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
‘Informality’ emerges as the key feature of the Indian labour market, with 81 per cent of the workforce engagedworkers, especially in villages.
