India is expected to surpass China in July as the world's most populous country. Driven by its growth of labor force, the changes to India's population could lead to several years of economic prosperity. However, there is a concern that the gap between male and female employment is too wide.
 　According to the latest data, there are only 39 million women employed in the workforce compared to 361 million men. It means only 10% of working-age Indian women were either employed or looking for jobs. Experts worry this could become a demographic liability if India fails to ensure its rising population, especially its women, are employed.
 　The main reason for this is related to the traditional concept that men are breadwinners and women should stay at home. Sheela Singh, a 39-year-old former social worker in Mumbai, said she earned more money than her husband, an auto-rickshaw driver. However, her family had asked her to resign and stay at home to take care of their children while no one suggested her husband with unstable income to quit.

　印度預計在7 月超過中國成為世界上人口最多的國家。印度在勞動力增加帶動的人口紅利下，可能出現數年的經濟繁榮。然而，令人擔憂的是，男女就業比例差距過大。
　根據最新數據，女性只有3900萬人就業，而男性則高達3.61億。意味只有10％適齡印度女性受僱或正在找工作。專家擔心，如果印度不能確保持續成長的人口（尤其是女性）穩定就業，人口紅利恐成為人口負債。
　這現象主要與男人在外工作養家、女性在家負責照顧家庭的傳統觀念有關。孟買39歲前社工辛格說，她掙的錢高於她開電動三輪車的丈夫。然而，她的家人一直要求她辭職在家照顧孩子，卻沒有人建議收入不穩的丈夫辭職。