Women's access to finance: An incomplete story of gender gap in labour mkt

If India wants to be recognised as a developed country by 2047, narrowing gender gap in the labour market is as important as women's access to finance

Male entrepreneurs raised $10.8 billion for tech startups in 2004; in contrast, women-founded firms attracted only $1 billion.

 

Residential transactions by women buyers rose 14 per cent in 2024, while property purchase by men rose 11 per cent.

 

Even though about 20 per cent of financial sector employees are women, in equity dealing rooms, the gender ratio is 20:1 – one woman dealer for every 20 men.

 

These, and many more reports, appeared in financial papers last Saturday, as we celebrated the International Women’s Day.

 

At the Republic Day parade on January 26 this year, the rural development ministry's tableau