Instead of debating the cause of the fall and the rise in the proportion of women farmers and family helpers, we should look to expand women’s opportunities outside of agriculture, which are better paying.

Janani Suraksha Yojana, launched in 2005, has helped reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery. But the utilisation of antenatal care has been low

Gender ideologies often prompt couples to assign women to take over extra family duties while men remain free to concentrate on their careers.

Women’s childhood, adulthood, and old age have all been transformed in India’s demographic journey

Misdirected. Instead of ‘Big Food’ focus, farmers must be empowered to make millets a vital part of food schemes