More Indian Muslims face Discrimination in access to paid employment and income through self-employment compared to non-Muslims, according to a report by independent UK-based charities.
In rural areas, unemployment among Muslims increased by 17% compared to non-Muslims during the year first quarter of COVID-19 pandemic, which led to Muslim unemployment in rural areas rate Oxfam said 31.4% in “India Discrimination Report 2022” released on Thursday.
While only 15.6% of urban muslim population Age 15 and over regular wage employment, approximately 23.3% of He was a non-Muslim regular salaried jobs in 2019-20.
discrimination against Muslims in the work marketThis contributed to the low level of their employment raterose to 68.3% in 2019-20.
the report shows that discrimination faced by Muslims in 2004-2005 was 59.3%, indicating an increase in 9% discrimination over The last 16 years.
In addition to, regularNon-Muslim wages in urban areas earn modified of INR 20,346 (about $255), which is 49% more of Muslims, who earn 13,672 Indian rupees.
Self-employed non-Muslims earn 15,878 INR on On average, while self-employed Muslims earn INR 11,421 despite their overrepresentation in Urban freelancing. This means that non-Muslims earn one-Third more from Muslims in Freelance work.
The Muslim report said population in Urban India is mostly involved in Self-employment compared to other societies, largely because of low quality family Occupations and related difficulties in Find another options in the work market.
Marginalized communities still clearly suffer discrimination as a result of their social, religious and gender identities. Globally, the discussion is based around discrimination on racial inequality. nearest home in India, discrimination exists on Gender, religion and caste location of people,” said Amitabh Bihar, CEO of Oxfam India.
