Empowering Women Leads to Economic Development: Alleviating Poverty through Collective Eff ort
Empowering Women Leads to Economic Development: Alleviating Poverty through Collective Eff ort
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Bihar, has its own identity from the time written records were available. Noted historian,
Romila Thapar, describes the history of ancient India as the history of ancient Bihar.
Several achievements that India made, in education, governance, society, or religion, fi nd
their roots in Bihar. Signifi cant achievements of Bihar in trade and economic engagement
within the state and outside of the Indian sub-continent emerged from a past that appears
to have left no living legacy in today’s Bihar- a past so alien as to be either simply forgotten
or treated as being completely incredible.
From being the epicenter to being the capital of golden era of India (Mauryan dynasty),
Bihar now confronts myriad of issues such as high density of population, abject poverty, low
literacy, low GDP, feudalistic society which still believes in hardcore patriarchy and does not
believe in any kind of gender equity or equality resulting in women facing several challenges.
There is visible distinction in demographic profi le of the state vis-à-vis country. The
density of population of Bihar is 1106 persons per sq km, while national average is 382
persons per square km (Economic Survey 2019). Many development indicators, narrates
abysmal development journey of Bihar.
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