India on Friday announced the establishment of the ‘Coalition for Global Wellbeing – Gender Equality and Equity’ on the sidelines of the ongoing World Economic Forum 2024 in Davos, in line with the country’s enduring commitment towards women-led development as enunciated by the Prime Minister. Has arisen. Narendra Modi.

As a follow-up to the activities of the Engagement Group and initiatives under the G20 framework, inter alia, Business 20, Women 20 and G20 Empower, this Coalition aims to take forward the commitments of G20 leaders for the broader benefit of the G20. global community.

The goal is to strengthen India’s position as a proactive power in the pursuit of a more inclusive and sustainable world. The aim of the alliance is to bring together global good practices, knowledge sharing, investment in the fields of women’s health, education and enterprise.

However, this is not the only initiative of the Narendra Modi-led government to promote gender equality. Here are some of the ways in which the Center is working tirelessly to promote women empowerment in the country:

• Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana: More than 3 crore houses have been constructed by February 2023. More than 70 percent of households are owned by women, either singly or jointly. By providing ownership of houses under PMAY-G, it has fulfilled the aspirations of women to have a pucca house and strengthened their participation in household financial decision making.

• Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: To protect the health of women and children and provide them clean cooking fuel, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched by PM Modi in May 2016. It aims to make clean cooking fuel like LPG accessible to the rural and underprivileged. Household. By January 2023, around 10 crore LPG connections have been issued.

• Pokhan Campaign: This scheme was launched to ensure a healthy and bright future for mothers and daughters by reducing anemia and malnutrition. A nutrition tracker app was also launched for real-time monitoring of nutritional status.

• PM Jan Dhan Yojana: More than 55 percent of bank accounts are held by women in the world’s largest financial inclusion program. More than 20 crore women were given assistance of Rs 500 per month to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Stem Push: A number of schemes have been launched to inspire women to achieve progress in scientific fields that are often associated with men. The Vigyan Jyoti scheme aims to promote women in various fields of science and technology, while the WISER scheme encourages women to join R&D projects between India and Germany. CURIE scheme supports science programs in women PG colleges.

• Clean India Mission: 100 percent open defecation free (ODF) status was achieved on October 2, 2019. More than 11 crore individual household toilets have been constructed and 2.23 lakh community sanitary complexes have been constructed.

• Jal Jeevan Mission: Compared to August 2019, when 3.23 crore households had safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections, this number increased to 12 crore in May 2023. This has come as a great relief to women who no longer need to walk for miles to fetch water. For their families.

• Business Push: More than 68 percent of account holders under PM Mudra Yojana are women, while 83 percent of entrepreneurs under the Start-up India program are women. Under Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana, bank loans worth more than Rs 3.85 lakh crore have been given to self-help groups since 2013-2014. 45 percent of all recognized start-ups have at least one woman director.

• Menstrual Hygiene: More than 77 per cent of women in the 15-24 age group now observe menstrual hygiene by using sanitary products. More than 34.71 crore sanitary pads have been sold at Jan Aushadhi centres. In a progressive move, the government introduced sanitary napkins at only Re 1 per pad to eliminate the affordability problem. Safe sanitation facilities like more toilets in schools also mean that fewer girls drop out of school.

• Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana: More than three accounts have been opened in the name of girl children with a minimum deposit of Rs 250.

• Save Beti Educate Beti: For the first time, India is witnessing a favorable sex ratio with 1,020 girls for every 1,000 boys. The maternal mortality ratio has also declined. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 2021 has also reduced unsafe abortion and the associated mortality rate.

• Women’s Reservation Bill: Congratulating all Indian women on the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Today I congratulate all the women of the country. Yesterday and the day after, we saw a new history being made. It is our good fortune that crores of people gave us the opportunity to create that history.”

• Triple Talaq: In a major victory for the Narendra Modi-led BJP government, the Triple Talaq Bill was passed by Parliament in 2019. Under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, obtaining divorce through instant triple talaq is illegal, void and can attract. Husband jailed for three years.