New Delhi, April 29 -- The women's employment rate has increased to 39% in 2025 from 22% in 2017, indicating a rise in work opportunities for them, Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. "Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has witnessed new, enabling opportunities opening up for women, leading to a transformative improvement in female employment indicators," he said while addressing a Swiggy event, SwigStree here. He informed that the Female Labour Force Participation Rate (FLFPR) has risen from 23.3% in 2017-18 to 40% in 2025. The Female Worker Population Ratio (FWPR) has correspondingly increased from 22 per cent in 2017 to nearly 39% in 2025, he added. Further, the Female Unemployment Rate (FUR) has declined from 5.6% to 3.1%, suggesting that women who seek employment are now more successfully finding it, he noted. Various survey reports have indicated that women are getting more employment opportunities, he pointed out. The equitable participation of women in the workforce is both a social imperative and an economic necessity, he added. "Empowering women is central to building a Viksit Bharat," he affirmed. The minister also stressed the nearly three-fold expansion in India's social security coverage in the last ten years, from 19% in 2015 to over 64.3% in 2025, reflecting the outcome of sustained policy action across domains like labour law reform, digital inclusion, and targeted welfare delivery. He highlighted that the Code on Social Security (CoSS) was introduced in 2020 to formally recognise gig and platform workers. These workers, many of whom are women, now have a legal identity and access to social security, he said....