BUSINESS
International Women’s Day: How India can invest in her women, accelerate everyone’s progress
‘Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress’ is the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day. This is a clarion call with particular resonance for India given the barriers to women’s economic participation. Imagine the extraordinary economic tailwinds that can be generated for India if these barriers are dismantled and women have access to capital and technology and supportive public policy frameworks
ASSEMBLY-ELECTIONS
Assembly Elections 2023: Why unconditional cash transfers to women are here to stay
Assembly Elections 2023: There is justice in the poll promises that political parties are making to women voters, whose assertion at the polling booth in terms of turnout and independent choices is only too evident to these parties. Women are hindered in many ways in improving their economic condition – think of the abysmally low workforce participation rate and land ownership – and unconditional cash transfers provide a remedy through redistribution
BUSINESS
G20: India’s women-led development focus is a good attack on the ‘wicked’ gender gap
India’s revolutionary leaps in financial inclusion has led it to the paradigm of women-led development, which can become the defining mantra of this age. G20 must pick up the baton and keep pushing women-led development, where women aren’t just beneficiaries of development but are setting the agenda, as leaders and equal participants
BUSINESS
RBI report on growing women’s deposits is a clarion call to bank on women better
Women depositors are on the upswing, aided by financial inclusion policies like JAM trinity, DBT and MGNREGA. But women are still not part of banking in proportion to their numbers. Levelling this gap accords great growth opportunities for banks, for India’s macroeconomic performance, and for women themselves
