• AKANKSHA SAINI
• YASHIKA VERMA

The paper explores the trends of employment in India post 2004-05. It attempts to explain the fall in rural female labor force participation rate especially during the period when Indian economy was growing at a faster rate. In the early 2000s till 2004, more women were employed whereas post 2004 saw a drastic fall in women employment. The major finding of this includes the factors for the fall in female labor force participation rate - increase in the adult literacy rate especially among females, rise in the average wage rate after the MGNREGA scheme which led to the rise in household income inducing women to engage in household activities, structural transformation led to the shift towards the manufacturing and tertiary sector especially in construction sector which led to the mechanization in agriculture. Other factors that explain the fall in LFPR are lack of skills to operate machines, few entrepreneurial opportunities, unpaid family work and unfavorable working conditions. The paper concludes with the suggestions to increase the labor force participation rate and also to make an inclusive growth rate.

Female labor force, adult literacy rate, mechanization of agriculture, wage rates, self employment.

"Employment trends among females in India post 2004", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.223-230, October-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810729.pdf

"Employment trends among females in India post 2004", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp223-230, October-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810729.pdf