India, March 28 -- The "India Employment Report 2024" by the ILO says the COVID-19 pandemic reversed a national employment transition from farm to non-farm sectors as the latter recorded declines

Like other developing countries, India aspires for the transition of its vast farm workforce to non-farm sectors. There has been a slow transition to non-farm sectors over the decades. It remained staedy. But now, the COVID-19 pandemic has reversed this trend.

According to the India Employment Report 2024 , co-produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Institute for Human Development (IHD), the Delhi-based non-profit set up by the Indian Society of Labour Economics, "The slow transition to non-farm employment has reversed."...