A white paper by the Centre for Finance & Economics Research at Great Lakes Institute of Management reveals that only 18 per cent of young women aged 20-29 in India are in paid employment compared to nearly 79 per cent of young men, despite near gender parity in higher education

“Year 2026 will be known as the recruitment year,” Shinde said, adding that 85,363 candidates have already received appointment letters for 1.53 lakh vacant government posts