India needs to create 100 mn new jobs in next decade: PwC report

Jobs

New employment opportunities over the coming decade can help accelerate the country's growth potential and make it inclusive, says a report by PwC

57% – India's labour force participation rate in 2014

63.5% – The global average

50% – of India's population is below the age of 25

More than 65% is below the age of 35

29% – of the 390 million women in the working age group are in the labour force

80% – of new jobs would form in the north and east of India