Structural Transformation of Women’s Employment in Arunachal Pradesh: Evidence from PLFS (2017-2024)

Author(s)	Rubu Mamung
Country	India
Abstract	Abstract This paper examines the evolving dynamics of women’s employment and labour force participation in Arunachal Pradesh over a seven-year period, utilizing data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). The findings reveal a dramatic surge in the Female Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), which rose from 15.3% to 70.8% in rural areas and from 11.7% to 46.4% in urban areas. Concurrently, the structural composition of employment has undergone a significant transformation. There is a pronounced shift toward self-employment, which reached 93.1% for rural women and 58.7% for urban women by 2023-24. This increase corresponds with a sharp decline in regular wage and salaried employment, particularly in urban areas where it fell from 75.5% to 39.6%. Casual labour remains a negligible component of the female workforce in the state. These trends suggest a growing reliance on entrepreneurial or own-account work among women, raising critical questions regarding the quality of employment, economic necessity, and the impact of state-level policy interventions on gendered work patterns in Northeast India.
Keywords	Female Labour Force Participation, Arunachal Pradesh, PLFS, Self-Employment, Casual labour.
Field	Arts
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-02-18
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.69301

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