To Study about Why Still Educated Females have Fewer Numbers in Government and Private Sectors in India

India is a country where one third of women have joined the labour force. As per the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey report, around 32.8% female of working age (15 years and above)were in labour force in 2021-22 which was just 23.3% in 2017-18, registered a surge of 9.5%points during these years. The major push came from the rural sector than the urban sector, where it increased by 12.0 and 3.4 percentage points, respectively. In rural areas, female Labour Force Participation Rate has increased to 36.6% during 2021-22 as compared to 24.6% in 2017-18, showed an increase of 12.0% points. On the other side, female participation in urban areas was significantly lower than the rural areas. Female Labour Force Participation Rate was 23.8% in 2021-22 as compared to 20.4% in 2017-18 in urban areas, showed an increase of just 3.4% points. Social norms about gender can be considered as a key obstacle towards gender equality. This is important to study the status of employment across industries in government and private sector of India.