Uttar Pradesh: Moving from ‘Nari Shakti’ to ‘Arth Shakti’

Women’s participation in Uttar Pradesh’s workforce has grown sharply, with more women entering jobs, startups, MSMEs and digital services. The article by Deepmala looks at how education, safety, skills and financial support are shaping this change.

A profound question is how we should view women. Should it be only from the perspective of respect? I believe that, alongside respect, viewing women as a force of creation also benefits the state’s development. After all, the real assessment of any society’s progress is based on how actively half its population participates in the development process. When women move beyond the threshold of their homes and establish their identity through their labor and capabilities in farms and fields, factories, offices, markets, startups, self-help groups and the world of entrepreneurship, the change does not come only in the lives of those women, but also changes the direction of the entire economy. The increase in women’s labor force participation over the past nine and a half years under the Yogi Government in Uttar Pradesh is a major testament to this.

The figures related to Nari Shakti in Uttar Pradesh are not merely an increase in employment figures. Behind them is the expansion of social consciousness, in which women are becoming partners in their families’ economic responsibilities, emerging as an active force in development, and stepping forward to make decisions for themselves and their families. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has set a vision for the state of development with Nari Shakti as its foundation. From self-help groups to banking and digital services, from farms to small industries, and from traditional occupations to modern entrepreneurship, their presence........

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