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New India and
Women-led
Leadership
Cover Story
Access to Higher Education

Women’s access to higher education drives global progress. Their leadership promotes
inclusivity, and their ideas inspire positive change. Therefore, over the past 12 years,
initiatives have been undertaken with a holistic approach...

Women’s Gross
Enrolment Ratio 22.9% 30.2%
(GER) in Higher
Education 2014-15 2022-23

Women Researchers National Scholarship for PG Studies
in PhD Programmes n A scheme launched by the Central
64,724 Government in 2023–24.

Increase in the number of n 30% of seats are reserved for girls.
women researchers since 2014.
n An extraordinary increase of A Boon for Women!
135.6% in enrolment (from n Over 7.2 million women have
2014–15 to 2022–23). been trained so far under

AICTE the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal
35,998 Women constitute
Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).

Girls benefited from the the total trained
AICTE Pragati Scholarship 45% candidates across
Scheme in the year 2024–25. India.

Vigyan 300 Districts witnessed more than 80,000 talented girls
Jyoti Scheme receiving support under the Vigyan Jyoti Scheme.

legislative measures have been enacted to curb social evils— It is the result of the Central Government's tireless
such as 'Triple Talaq'—that historically subjected women to efforts—driven by a holistic approach to place women's
abuse and oppression. Today, millions of Muslim women power in a central role—that today, whether it involves
have found protection against the inhumane practice of leading the Republic Day parade on Kartavya Path, piloting
Triple Talaq. Within just a few years of the enactment of this the state-of-the-art Rafale fighter jets, confronting enemies
law, instances of Triple Talaq have witnessed a decline of on the front lines, bringing glory to the nation in the realm
80–82 percent. Today, the women of India are independent, of sports, or leveraging self-employment opportunities to
economically empowered, imbued with determination, and bolster the country's economic progress on an equal footing,
possess a profound sense of security; they are not merely women are not merely standing shoulder-to-shoulder with
dreaming, but are actively turning those dreams into reality. men, but are surging far ahead of them, becoming the pride
A major catalyst for this transformation has been the of the nation. Through their extraordinary capabilities,
concerted efforts of the resolute government led by Prime women have conclusively demonstrated that, given equal
Minister Narendra Modi—efforts that have brought about a opportunities, they are capable of building not just a home,
revolutionary shift in the mindset, prevalent for decades, of but a prosperous and glorious nation as well.
viewing girls and women as inferior. According to a report by the International Monetary Fund

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