, April 12 (IANS) Meenakshi, 35, is a candidate for the village head s post in the Panchayat elections in Muzaffarnagar. A graduate from the Meerut University, her husband, Gyan Singh, is a local labourer.Meenakshi is preparing to contest from .
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Understanding the immediate priorities to empower women in the Indian agriculture sector
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Understanding the immediate priorities to empower women in the Indian agriculture sectorBy Nitin Chaudhary, ET CONTRIBUTORS
Last Updated: Apr 03, 2021, 11:32 AM IST
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Presently, the agriculture sector employs 80% of all economically active women in India, which includes 48% of the self-employed farmers and 33% of the agriculture labour force.
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Despite women’s participation as self-employed entrepreneurs in agriculture and allied sectors accounting for about 25%, it is saddening that for most part, they are not viewed as farmers
The Government of India in its Economic Survey in 2018 noted that the agricultural sector is undergoing feminization, a term used to indicate how increasingly a large number of women are taking up roles as entrepreneurs, cultivators and labourers. Presently, the agriculture sector employs 80% of all economically active women in India
She did not count her chickens before they hatched but now, she just cannot stop counting. From someone who was trying to make ends meet for her family, she has come a long way today.Nirmala, a resident of the Pachauri village in Sahajanwan .
Centre making states financially weaker, says Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
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Last Updated: Apr 01, 2021, 02:32 PM IST
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Supporting TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee who has expressed concern on alleged attacks on democracy and constitution in a letter to leaders of opposition parties, Gehlot said he too had raised in the assembly the issue of states getting alleged step-motherly treatment from the Centre.
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Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Centre s economic policies, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday charged that the central government is making states financially weaker. Supporting TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee who has expressed concern on alleged attacks on democracy and constitution in a letter to leaders of opposition parties, Gehlot said he too had raised in the assembly the issue of states getting alleged step-motherly treatment from the Centre.