Sunday, 11 November 2018

How to approach Mains Question? Part-1

Question
Why do some of the most prosperous regions of India have an adverse sex ratio for women? Give your arguments

Answer Approach
- First Define Sex ratio - Sex Ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males
- Why This question is asking about relation between prosperity and Sex ratio
   -- Now look at the sex ratio of different states in India with top 5 least sex ratio and top 5 highest sex ratio states
   -- Among them Haryana Delhi Punjab Chandigarh - among the most prosperous region of the country
   -- lowest sex ratio - Manipur Meghalaya kerala, TN - States with tribal area and educated population

The most prosperous region like Haryana, Punjab, Delhi etc have the least sex ratio in India

- If there is any report supporting it or any data or fact
 -- 40% of total labour force, 43 % of total agricultural labour and 50% of total university students
 -- Gender Equality - equal representation
 -- Understading Gender Ineuqality in India - NCW and UN - most Progressive states with least gender ratio
 -- UNDESA - India is the most dangerous place for a girl child to be born
 -- Worst gender differential in child mortality - Girl child between age of 1-5 75% more likely to die as compared to boys


- Arguments - How to give your arguments
 -- What are the facilities comes with prosperity
    -- Easy access to sex determination technology and abortions
    -- Ineffective implementation of anti-sex determination laws due to corruption 
    -- Patrairchial mindset for compulsory preference of boys
    -- With prosperity there is increasing demand in Dowry
    

- How to improve these conditions
 -- Strict implementation of law
 -- Provide old age pension to people with no son
 -- Free and compulsory education for girls
 -- reservation In jobs and parliament
 -- equal share in property and equal responsibility of parents care
 -- moral education to children against dowry, female feteocide and gender bias






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