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flag Congress faults Modi government, saying rise in female labor participation masks economic distress and lower wages.

flag Congress criticizes the Modi government for claiming increased female labor participation, arguing the rise is mainly due to economic distress. flag Jairam Ramesh notes that while women's labor force participation rose from 27% to 41.7%, earnings have dropped, with self-employed women seeing a 35% decrease in real wages. flag He claims 84% of the increase is from self-employed women, many in unpaid family work. flag The Congress party calls this a "sad reality" of women earning less than six years ago.

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