people with disabilities employed in the top listed retail and QSR sector is still less than 1% of their total workforce. This is despite the number doubling over last year with most companies seeing a rise in the percentage of people employed with disabilities in FY23.
According to the ministry of social justice and empowerment, the last Census in 2011 noted 2.21% of the Indian population with disabilities. «People with disabilities are believed to have relatively less attrition rate, are more focussed and in the job for a longer period of time in the retail sector,» said Kumar Rajagopalan, chief executive at the Retailers Association of India.