Question

State any two major observations made by the Committee, on the Status of Women in India, Towards Equality Report (1974).

Answer 1

1. It observed that more than a hundred million women were “missing” (in the sense that their potential existence had been eliminated either through sex-selective abortion, infanticide or inadequate nutrition during infancy).

2. There are discriminatory social-cultural practices, political and economic processes that adversely affect the women in India.