Mumbai, Feb. 17 -- Some time ago, The Economist published a cover story which focused on the women missing from the workforce in India. It held out the tempting figure of 27% as the addition to the economy if the workforce was to be rebalanced. On this front, there is really very little good news. Indian women are less likely to work than in any other G20 country barring Saudi Arabia. The employment rate for women in 2005-06 was 36%; it has gone down to 24% in 2015-16. There are 470 million women of working age, yet there are barely 10 million who are actually working. None of this is new. But, the worrying thing is that women who drop out mainly for reasons of relocation or childbirth find it difficult to get back to work. In the case of skilled workers, they find that the organisation often does not want them back as they have been replaced by someone more skilled or cheaper. There is also the perception that once a woman has had a child, she is less likely to pay as much attention to her job as before. This is largely untrue and unfair but that is how it goes....