Female Workforce Participation in North-Eastern Region: An Overview

The female workforce participation means the rate of percentage of female engaged in the total working population of a state or country. Women constitute an important part of the workforce of all over the world and India. In the context of North-East Region, the role of female in the workplace has been expanding due to socio-economic and political-legal changes. All states of North-Eastern are significantly different from each another in respect of their socio-economic conditions. The northeastern states are predominantly agricultural states. So, women in the region mainly engage in agriculture and its allied activities. The infrastructure facilities like supply of input, marketing, institutional credit and extension services are inadequate limiting women to go for greener pastures.