16cr women do only household work





Nearly 160 million women in India--or 45% of the total working age population aged between 15 and 59--do only household chores and reported themselves as “not working“, according to 2011 Census. 58 lakh men too reported to be doing only household work. 

16cr jobless women India's `Great Invisible

Force'

Subodh Verma





Nearly 160 million women in India, 88% of which are of working age, that is between 15 and 59 years, remain at home doing “household duties“, according to census data. Note that these are women who reported themselves as `not working'.
All the other women who work also do domestic work. But these 160 million are the Great Invisible Workforce, primar ily involved in care work and rearing families.The total number of women in the age group 15-59, according to census data released earlier, is just under 355 million. The latest data shows that about 45% of them are confined solely to domestic duties. They have an interesting complement – men exclusively doing household duties. The ratio is, unsurprisingly, 28 to 1.
That is, compared to 16 crore women doing only domestic duties, just 58 lakh men are exclusively involved in household duties.The large proportion of working age group women who are confined to their home and hearth is partly because of social pressures, and partly the result of economic policies that have offered no opportunities to women.

Source::: The Times of India, 03.07.2014,  p.01, 
http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/index.aspx?eid=31804&dt=20140703#

May 21 2014 : The Times of India (Mumbai) OFF THE BEATEN TRACK RURAL DEVELOPMENT Work for rural development & make a living too Vinamrata Borwankar   Has compassion or consideration for the needy been put on the backburner by the thought of earning your  daily bread? A career in the rural development sector is now rewarded with adequate compensation to sustain  he zeal.“The time is always be right to work for social good but with the CSR clause in the new Companies  Act, employment opportunities have increased manifold in the development sector. A quick search on Linkedin  will show that several companies are looking for candidates who understand the rural market. ,“ said Sahej  Mantri, manager (alliances) at Hopemonkey.org, a nonprofit organization involved in fund raising. STARTING OUT Social work or rural development as a discipline is available in many universities and  institutes, both at the graduate and postgraduate levels. Specialization in post-graduation could in clude topics  like human resource management, criminology and correctional administration, medical and psychiatric  social work, family and child welfare, rural and urban community development, and schools social work. However professionals say lack of a formal background in social work may not be a hindrance. “You can learn  the working of the industry through internships and volunteer work. Once you have been in the field for  some time you gain understanding about the beneficiaries to work towards their good,“ said Mantri. CAREER PROSPECTS The job would involve working to provide solutions for people's social, economic and  emotional problems through counseling, arranging conferences, increasing resources, spreading public  awareness and starting social programmes and health services. Opportunities in the development sector  are varied, which can range from working in various developmental projects of the government to working for  NGOs and international organisations.

75% Indian aspirants got temp jobs in 2012: Study

Sovon Manna TNN 

Kolkata: Only 12% job seekers in India got a permanent recruitment in 2012 while as many as 75% of aspirants were placed in temporary agency jobs and the rest found other services as their livelihood, says a study carried out by Staffing Industry Analysts, the global adviser on contingent work. The exclusive study pegs the Indian staffing market at around Rs 26,650 crore. 
    According to the study, the Indian labour market is unique as approximately 90% of Indians work in the unorganixed or ‘informal’ sector and only 10% work in the organized or ‘formal’ sector. Of those working in the organized sector, a large proportion (68%) are employed in the public sector. The unorganized or ‘informal’ sector jobs include home-based work, selfemployment, employment in household enterprises, small units, on land as agricultural workers, labour on construction sites and a myriad of other forms of casual or temporary employment. The recruitment and revenue figures have been calculated in the study for the calendar year 2012 because Indian companies will release financial figures after the fiscal ends in March 2014. 
    Replying to an e-mailed query, Adam Pode, director (international research) at California-based Staffing Industry Analysts, told TOI, “There is nothing ominous in the temporary job market having the lion’s share of the staffing industry. This is similar to all the largest staffing markets in the world and shows the sophistication of the Indian market. Employers understand the importance of temporary workers to aid them through the peaks and trough of the economy.” 
    According to the study, Bangalore-based Adecco topped the list of HR solutions firms in India with Rs 1,460 crore in revenue and a 5.5% market share pipping India-headquartered Team-Lease, which is also based in Bangalore. According to the study, the top-three firms account for approximately 15% of the total market and the top-ten firms 26% with the remaining 75% or 20,000 staffing companies — mostly niche or boutique firms employ the rest.

Source :::: The Times of India, 04-03-2014, p.19,  http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIM/2014/03/04&PageLabel=19&EntityId=Ar01905&ViewMode=HTML