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View: Eight years since a quota for women on boards was mandated, has India Inc improved gender balance?
The quota has, however, also motivated some companies to make substantive changes.
Synopsis
Eight years on, media coverage on the consequences of the regulation has been rather pessimistic, pointing towards jugaad-like, symbolic female appointments. However, research on BSE 200 companies suggests there are reasons to be cautiously optimistic.
India was the first emerging economy to use a gender quota for corporate boards. Indian Companies Act, 2013 mandated the presence of at least one woman on boards of public and private companies that meet a certain threshold of paid-up capital or turnover.
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