Punjab, Sikkim and Andhra Pradesh recorded the highest ratio of female workers as against male workers employed in legislation, senior officials and managers positions in 2019-20 while Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman and Nicobar Island, Delhi, Haryana and Assam were the lowest in the ratio of female workers to total workers in managerial positions, the annual bulletin of the Periodic Labour Force Survey 2019-20 showed. 

The report released by the National Statistical Office also revealed that the ratio of female workers at senior- and middle-level management positions in rural areas of India was higher than in urban areas in 2019-20, with some Northeastern states taking the lead among all states and Union Territories (UTs) in the country.

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The overall rural and urban ratio of female workers in senior and middle management positions stood at 18.8% in 2019-20.

Apart from that, the northeastern state of Meghalaya stood first among all states and union territories with a 34.1% female workers ratio to total workers employed in senior and middle management positions. This was followed by its neighbouring state Sikkim that recorded a ratio of 33.5%, Mizoram with 33.3%, and the southern state of Andhra Pradesh with 32.3% followed by Punjab with 32.1%, the PLFS bulletin showed.

However, about the ratio of female workers to male workers employed as legislators, senior officials, and managers, Sikkim recorded the highest share with 50.4%, complemented by Andhra Pardesh, which has recorded 47.9% and Punjab with 47.3%.

Meanwhile, the ratio of female workers to male workers in the same time frame in the professional and technical works was highest in Sikkim, which had a share of 120.2%, followed by Daman and Diu with 110.7% and Meghalaya with 101.5%.

According to the report, the quality of work credited to the female participation rate in the workforce has shown worrisome projections, a trend that has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.