Economic Survey Reveals Gender Disparity

They are tillers but don’t possess land. They bear children, but not in their resemblance. They are the women in India. This is not an NGO’S report. The Union Government came on record a day before the presentation of Union Budget 2018.

Yes. The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley,  while tabling  the pink- papered Economic Survey, revealed these facts. Giving a brief insight into the economy survey CEA Arvind Subramanian  in his speech atoned these details. He went in detail about the prevailing gender disparity in the country and the highly skewed sex ratio in India.

The survey points out, despite the government’s progress in women empowerment, the preference to male offspring on the basis of son meta preference where the last child is preferably male, has resulted in a skewed sex ratio. In the agricultural sector, though women as agricultural laborers and cultivators is highly increasing, yet only 12.8% of them are provided with operational holdings. Looking into these issues, the survey recommends  creation of  awareness on schemes like Beth Bachao Beti Padhao,  Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana and mandatory maternity leave.