Women managers: Meghalaya tops record; Assam, Haryana final

Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab had the best ratio of feminine employees as towards male employees employed as legislators, senior officers and managers in 2019-20, the annual bulletin of the Periodic Labour Force Survey 2019-20 confirmed. The report launched by the National Statistical Office additionally confirmed that the ratio of feminine employees at senior- and middle-level administration positions in rural areas was larger than city areas in 2019-20, with some Northeastern states main amongst all states and Union Territories (UTs) within the nation.
States/UTs with the bottom ratio of feminine employees to whole employees in managerial positions included Jammu & Kashmir (9.2 per cent), Andaman and Nicobar Island (9 per cent), Delhi (7.9 per cent), Haryana (7.5 per cent) and Assam (6.9 per cent). These states additionally ranked decrease for the senior and center administration roles.
Meghalaya topped the record amongst all states/UTs in 2019-20 with 34.1 per cent ratio of feminine employees to whole employees employed in senior and center administration positions. Sikkim adopted subsequent with a ratio of 33.5 per cent, Mizoram with 33.3 per cent, Andhra Pradesh with 32.3 per cent and Punjab with 32.1 per cent, the PLFS bulletin confirmed. The ratio of feminine employees to whole employees employed in senior and center managerial positions stood at 21.5 per cent in 2019-20, which was larger than 16.5 per cent in city areas. Overall (rural and concrete) ratio of feminine employees in senior and center administration positions stood at 18.8 per cent in 2019-20.
Among the ratio of feminine employees to male employees working as legislators, senior officers, and managers, Sikkim had the best share with 50.4 per cent, adopted by 47.9 per cent in Andhra Pradesh and 47.3 per cent in Punjab. For professionals and technical employees, the ratio of feminine employees to male employees in 2019-20 was highest for Sikkim (120.2 per cent), adopted by Daman & Diu (110.7 per cent), and Meghalaya (101.5 per cent).

The ratio of feminine employees of 15-64 years to individuals of age 15-64 years within the labour drive, as per the same old standing strategy, was additionally larger at 30.1 per cent in rural areas in 2019-20 than 23.6 per cent in city areas. The general (each rural and concrete) ratio of feminine employees stood at 28.2 per cent in 2019-20.
The high quality of labor attributed to feminine participation fee within the workforce has been an space of concern, a pattern which has been worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The earlier launched foremost report of PLFS 2019-20 had proven a surge in feminine labour drive participation fee — a optimistic signal — however with the catch that a lot of this improve is in essentially the most sub-optimal class of unpaid household employees.