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- Under the start-up and make in India programs, the government has created many schemes and programs for women empowerment.
- A national policy was enacted in which financial assistance was provided to women to start animal husbandry, industries, and other enterprises.
- For women, welfare centers have been established to handle their social, legal, and employment concerns.
- Women’s courts are set up so that the poor women can get justice easily.
- Developed laws to protect women from sexual harassment at work.
[Q] Education and traditional beliefs in India.
- According to the Indian constitution, every child between the ages of 6 and 14 years of a country has the right to free and compulsory education. However, due to traditional beliefs, girls were not allowed to complete primary education.
- Instead of sending their daughters out of town for studies or employment, parents prefer that their daughters work in their hometowns.
- Girls do not have the power to grow in education because of evil norms such as child marriages.