Women in India: rights, health, education, safety, jobs, entrepreneurship, SHGs, digital inclusion, political representation, key schemes.
If India’s survey says women’s participation is around forty-one to forty-two percent but the World Bank puts it near thirty-three percent, which number should guide policy on childcare and transport? Why did roughly two-thirds of working women show up as self-employed in the latest survey tables—and what does that mean for wages and social security? If urban participation nudged past fifty percent while female unemployment fell year-on-year, which city-level changes made the biggest difference?
Did you know India’s last wild polio case was stopped in early 2011 and the region was certified polio-free in 2014—using micro-plans that mapped every settlement? How did India drive full immunization to roughly three-quarters of children while anemia in women still affects more than half? If noncommunicable diseases now cause about two-thirds of deaths, why do many households still pay heavily for outpatient care despite insurance?