Centre For Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) data suggested that labour participation rate (LPR) declined from 40.1 per cent in financial year 2022 to 39.5 per cent in financial year 2023. According to CMIE analysis, India’s LPR is one of the lowest compared to global estimate of 60 per cent. The data cited by the analysis suggested that around 90 per cent of women in their working age are out of India’s labour force.