From the article: "India continues to struggle with high youth unemployment and less than 50% of working-age Indians are in the workforce. The figure for women

From the article: "India continues to struggle with high youth unemployment and less than 50% of working-age Indians are in the workforce. The figure for women is even lower, with just 20% of women participating in the formal labour market, a figure that is decreasing as India develops." The one-child policy of China was draconian but it solved that problem.