UPSC Mains 2014 · GS I · Q14 · 10 marks · 150 words

Discuss the various economic and socio-cultural forces that are driving increasing feminization of agriculture in India.

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Toppers wrote this one in a test series: “Socio-cultural factors more than economic factors influence women migration patterns in India. Discuss.”

Shakti DubeyAIR 1 · CSE 2024 · 174 wordsTheir whole copy

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Migration is a process is a process of moving from one place to another in search of:

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→ better economic prospects → Better standard of living → more advanced job opportunities etc

But for women the case is totally different. According to MOSPI recent report on migration - (1) women migrations are influenced more by socio-cultural factors than economic factors. (2) women migrate mostly because of marriages. (3) Men migrate mostly for economic reasons leaving behind the female to fill in

the vacume in the rural area (4) that is - women are forced to stay in the rural areas for economic reasons → agriculture → animal to fill in the gap husbandary, for abrence of men etc (5) they move from their source of origin - once they are married (6) though some women move

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out because of economic factor - yet the disparity between male & female migrant is even more huge

Thus, females are burdened down because of huge economic dependency on men which is further enhanced by existing soio-cultural factors

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) Examination 2014, General Studies Paper I, Q14. The paper on upsc.gov.in. Themes and links to toppers’ answers are by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.