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and unauthorised buildings, there are issues of STATUS OF WOMEN
water and electricity shortage besides major Women play many roles in their lives, that of a
environmental concerns to deal with, which is daughter, sister, wife, daughter-in-law, mother,
causing a deterioration in the urban standard of friend, colleague, professional and the list is
living. never ending. With addition of roles, comes

Apart from the aforesaid problems, urbanisation addition of responsibilities and women have to
is also creating havoc in other ways, such as handle everything in a very dignified manner. In
disparity in the market, misuse of labour in the the modern days, woman is more aware of the
form of sweatshops and last but not the least, the society around her and believes in her strengths,
same urbanisation which began on the premise handles her weaknesses with grace, identifies the
of availability of employment, is now causing a goodness in things and is socially responsible
rise in unemployment and disguised employ- towards her duties. Women do many roles and
ment, due to availability of excessive manpower. handle them with elegance. There is no profes-
It is important to understand that villages provide sion that does not have women enrolment.
an equilibrium by balancing the agricultural The government has put together many schemes
requirements, maintaining the water table and especially for the empowerment of women.
controlling the pollution and also act as a support Many seats are reserved in parliament to encour-
system for counter balancing and maintaining the age women participation. Education of girls is
economic activities of the cities. It is, thus, impor- made free and compulsory in government
tant to encourage the rural population to stay schools to encourage women to join different
where they are by improving the quality of life in institutions and render their valuable services.
the rural areas. The Indian government is also Our armed forces have seen a rise in women
working on the same direction through schemes enrolment and it’s a matter of pride for the
such as Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and nation to have great daughters in the country.
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.
Terminology

Subsit : support oneself
Modernisation : the process of adapting something to modern needs or habits
Multinational Companies : A company that has business activities in more than one country
Isolation : keeping apart
Influence : the capacity to have an effect on the character

Mobilisation : the action of making something movable or capable of movement
Deterioration : the process of becoming progressively worse
Hamlets : a group of houses, small village

Inside Story
Inside Story
g Urban refers to a human settlement where the rate of urbanisation and industrialisation is
high.
g Urban areas mean places where modernisation has occurred and where there’s a huge
population.

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