Context:
As per India’s first national Time Use Survey released in 2020, it was found that 81.2% of all women are engaged in unpaid domestic services, compared with 26.1% of men.
Glaring Findings:
Implications:
What shall be the way ahead?
However some critics have pointed out that does India need to adhere to the standards of western economic models which attributes every work and its importance through the lens of Economic or monetary values? India which has a traditional family structure and women are considered as epitome of motherly figure and care giver, shall we follow the western model to assume that they are less valued?
All women work, but not all of them get paid.
The answer for such critics lies in the fact that, it is true that Indian value and morals system consider women into such higher pedestal but at the same time it’s also been pointed out that at times women find it difficult to manage work along with household duties. Thus such societal duty shall be voluntary in nature. However there are numerous instances where it is forced. Further this unpaid social work shall be given proper recognition. Also the higher thoughts related with this concept also suffers from regional and class barriers. This suffers from urban elite bias distant from rural and ground realities. Thus the suggestions mentioned above are a sure way forward in this direction.
Verifying, please be patient.