Central transfers to states need to be better targeted so that basic standards of healthcare are met across the country.
Devika Kher
Urbanisation empowers women. We need to enable the growth of more cities in India to help our women break free.
Women's choices to enter the workforce are forced or limited. As India is already facing a job crisis, public policy can play an important role in increasing female employment.
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The union government needs to provide untied budgetary support to empower Indian cities.
State Finance Commissions have been largely absent from their role as mediator for fiscal devolution to municipalities and panchayats.
Affordability of a sanitary product is only one pillar of menstrual hygiene; the other two are Access and Awareness.
We need to empower municipalities by codifying their responsibilities in a separate list and removing them from the state list.