The employment in India increased by 36 per cent (17 million jobs) between 2016-17 and 2022-23.
During the same period, the gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an average rate of over 6.5 per cent.
As per the PLFS data from 2017 to 2023 the Worker Population Ratio (WPR) has increased by 9 percentage points or almost 26 per cent during this period.