The number of employed people in the country rose to 64.33 crore in 2023-24 from 47.5 crore in 2017-18, Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje informed Parliament on Thursday citing RBI data.

According to a written reply by the Minister of State for Labour & Employment in Rajya Sabha, 'The KLEMS (K: Capital, L: Labour, E: Energy, M: Materials and S: Services)' database published by RBI provides employment estimates at all-India level.

Further, she told the House that as per the latest annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) reports, the estimated female Worker Population Ratio (WPR) for persons of age 15 years and above, during 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 was 28.7%, 31.4%, 31.7%, 35.9% and 40.3%, respectively.