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COVER STORY
INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN’S DAY
SPECIAL
DAUGHTERS IN HIGHER
the lives of women and removing EDUCATION
barriers to their progress, the Enrolment of women in higher
government aims to ensure that women education increased from 1.57
are active participants in India’s journey crore in 2015 to 2.07 crore in 2022
to prosperity. Prime Minister Narendra by 31.6 percent.
Modi says, “Women-led development is
crucial in taking the country forward.” Enrolment in 28%
The Government of India considers higher education
women-led development as the central has increased by in the last 10 years.
more than
dimension of the nation’s progress and
the need to strengthen India. In the past n 43% of the enrolment in n Enrolment of girls in
decade, the Government of India has STEM (Science, Technology, secondary education. The
launched several welfare schemes Engineering, and Mathematics) Gross Enrolment Ratio
courses includes girls and
(GER) has increased from
aimed at empowering women and women, this number is the 75.51% in 2014-15 to 78% in
enabling them to lead India’s highest in the world. 2023-24.
development journey.
The four classes upon which the SANITARY NAPKINS FOR RS. 1
central government has focused for a Sanitary pads for women were started to be sold
Viksit Bharat include the poor, youth, at Rs. 1 under more than 10 thousand Pradhan
Annadata (Farmers), and women. The Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras across the
needs of those people, their aspirations country. 100% tax exemption by government on
and their welfare are the highest priority sanitary napkins to make them affordable and
of the government. When they advance, easily accessible.
the country progresses. The lives of crore sanitary
these four classes need to be improved, More pads have been
and they are receiving assistance from than 60 sold so far.
the government in an effort to improve
their standard of living. The THE LAW AGAINST TRIPLE TALAQ
empowerment of these people and their The Central Government enacted a law
welfare will also move the country against triple talaq on August 1, 2019.
forward. Encouraging women power, Triple talaq was made a punishable
the central government has given offense.
impetus to women empowerment
JAL JEEVAN MISSION BRINGS FREEDOM
through entrepreneurship, ease of life FROM THE HASSLE OF FETCHING WATER
and dignity. About 70 per cent of the
beneficiaries of the Mudra scheme are There was a time More than
women entrepreneurs. Under this, Rs 30 when people used to 15.44 17%
crore loans have been given to women carry pots far away to
entrepreneurs. According to one study, fetch drinking water in crore of rural households
households
the scheme has improved women’s rural India. Jal Jeevan covered under had tap connections
Mission has now
economic power and increased their made this a thing of Nal se Jal till August 2019,
participation in social decisions. the past. so far. which figure has now
Enrollment of women in higher increased to 79.74%.
education has increased to 28 per cent.
The participation of girls and women in
enrollment for STEM courses has risen
to 43 per cent. This number is the
highest in the world. The number of

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