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Women’s Now, The Aadhar

employment of students will be

rate doubled updated in schools

in 7 years

Not only women’s empowerment,
but also, due to the women-led
development approach, the nation
has witnessed revolutionary changes
in every field related to women in the Now, to facilitate the convenience of students
past 11 years. In the Sankalp Yatra for competitive exams and admission to
of Viksit Bharat, Prime Minister higher education, the Unique Identification
Narendra Modi has also set a target Authority of India (UIDAI), the organisation
of ensuring 70 per cent participation issuing Aadhar cards, has taken a major step.
of women in the country’s workforce There are 17 crore children in the country
by the year 2047. Now, due to the Women’s employment increased aged 5-15 years whose Aadhar biometric
continuous efforts employment rate update is pending. In such a situation, UIDAI
of women has doubled. According Rural The employability has taken a step in collaboration with the
to the Periodic Labour Force Survey 96% of women School Literacy Department. To remove the
of the Ministry of Labour, the Urban graduates also obstacle of Aadhar updates for children, the
increased from
employment rate of women in the areas 42% in 2013 to status of mandatory biometric updates will
financial year 2017-18 was 22%, 43% 47.53% in 2024. be made available on the Unified District
which increased to 40.3% in 2023-24. Information System for Education Plus
This rate has almost doubled in just 18 to 40% in 2023-24. Not only (UDISE+) application. This will provide the
7 years and women’s employment this, women’s entrepreneurship facility of a mandatory biometric update to
has increased by 96% in rural through 70 central schemes of crores of students. Camps will be organised
areas and 43% in urban areas. The 15 ministries and over 400 state- in schools for this update. With the biometric
employment capacity of women level schemes at the national update in the Aadhar card, students will no
graduates has also increased from level has also shown very longer have to face any difficulties while
42% in 2013 to 47.53% in 2024. The positive results. While the female authenticating for getting the benefits of
employment rate among women with self-employment rate was 51.9% various government schemes and registration
postgraduate education and above in 2017-18, it has increased to in competitive and university examinations
has increased from 34.5% in 2017- 67.4% in 2023-24. like NEET, JEE, and CUET.

Tribal Area Rejuvenation under Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan

India’s tribal communities have long served as the silent trained, motivated, and mission-driven workers. It will
custodians of the nation’s civilisational legacy, preserving a reach and uplift more than 10.5 crore tribal citizens in
rich and diverse cultural heritage. Despite policy attention more than 1 lakh tribal-dominated villages in 30 states/
in the last 11 years, many tribal areas still need special union territories. Under the campaign, an ecosystem of
focus. To achieve the goal of Viksit Bharat by the year state, district, and block-level master trainers is being
2047, the Central Government is now moving towards created along with a standardised laboratory for state-level
the empowerment of tribal communities in mission master trainers. Apart from organising communities, these
mode. Moving in this direction, the Union Ministry of trainers will also implement initiatives like PM Janman,
Tribal Affairs has launched the Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan. Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan, and the
As the world’s largest tribal basic leadership programme, National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission and
at its core is the ambition to prepare a cadre of 20 lakh collect data related to these areas. n

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