Despite headline good news on jobs, there are worrying trends: more farm workers & women in self employment G oi recently issued its annual periodic labour force survey ( PLFS ) 2021-22 the most comprehensive goverment dataset on employment Juxtapose the 2021-22 dataset with PLFS 2018-19 the last pre pandemic annual report and one important changes emerges. The number of Indians in the labour force increased from 37.5% of the population to 41.3% in 2021-22 on the back of a big jump in women entering the job market. However parse the data and the trends that emergency are not so happy. Two features stand out one the employment structure is regressing as more people are shifting back to agriculture where production and wages are lower. Two the rise in women partici pation in the labour force is coming through self employment and not jobs in factories or the service sector. Let start with the employment structure as it represents the big picture of the eco nomy in 2018-19 agriculture share of jobs was 42.5% by 2021-22 it had increased to 45.5% this is alarming for two reasons.