EMPLOYMENT LEVEL COLLAPSED TO A NEW LOW
NEW DELHI: The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) has revealed that the number of women employees has been declined dramatically with a decline in employment levels in the past ten years in India.
Though women are employed in high numbers in some professional, technical, administrative and managerial positions than men, the overall decline in employment levels of women has been consistent with the survey.
The rate of women's employment which was 36% in the year 2005-06, has been reduced to 24% in 2015-16.The male workforce also saw a decrease of 10 percent over a decade. Interestingly, around 70% of women and 19% of men have felt that they did not find a job in the 12 months before the survey.
However, employment is rising in agricultural and manufacturing fields. About 48% of women and 32% of men have been employed in the agriculture field, whereas 21% of men and 32% of women have got a job in the manufacturing sector. In professional, technical, administrative and managerial careers and 10 and 8 percent of men and women respectively are employed.
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
