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P.C. Mohanan
P.C. Mohanan is member, National Statistical Commission. He is also working as a consultant for the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN). He retired from the Indian Statistical Service (ISS) in 2016. During his service he worked in different capacities in the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). His published works are mainly on employment and unemployment, migration, housing, informal sector, and poverty among others. He was also a member of several high powered committees like Post-Sachar Evaluation Committee, Technical Group to estimate housing shortage, committee for developing slum index, Expert Committee on Agricultural Statistics, etc.
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Changes in the nature of female workforce participation in India
Declining female workforce participation in India is a matter of grave concern, and a puzzle in the face of increased overall economic growth. This column shows that although the proportion of working women – based on estimates from the National Sample Survey - has fallen, there is improvement in terms of the number of days of work by women in the workforce, especially in rural areas.
