NITI Aayog estimates that 8.7 crore people in India are neither studying nor working nor in employment-related training. The figure points to a large segment outside formal education and the labour market.
According to the same assessment, nearly 88% of this group is engaged in domestic duties. This distribution suggests that work outside the household and access to training or education may be limited for much of the population included in the estimate.
The outlet reporting the data frames it primarily as a workforce participation challenge and highlights the role of unpaid domestic work in keeping many people out of education, employment, or training. Across the provided material, the focus remains on the scale of the “neither” category and the predominance of domestic responsibilities within it.
