WOMEN’S FINANCIAL LIBERTY IN RURAL INDIA: AN IMPLICATION OF PANDEMIC

Pandemic has affected the lives, income, economies, nature of activities, and what’s not. Although it’s been around two years since the inception of the pandemic in the countries, normal activities are, be it household or economic, completely transformed in one or another way. Devices and technology entered almost everyone’s life and work. In the upcoming study, the financial resources, in terms of savings, investments, and operations by women in rural India, are traced out. Women’s financial independence is planned to be evaluated with the help of prevailing economic indicators. Financial liberty will be seen from active as well as passive sources of income, and participation in decision-making for self and family members, in the different age groups by women. The role of Technology and Digitalization is worth mentioning here as the efforts from the Government of India, had been underway after the demonetization in 2016 onwards. The tribal women in rural India are said to be engaged in primary activities, majorly in agriculture, forestry, livestock, and animal husbandry. Their say in financial matters has apparently increased with their enrolment in primary and higher education. Occupational engagements of such tribal and rural women e.g., self-employment, salaried women, and passive income from their parents and husbands are core issues to be discussed in this paper. Legal knowledge, self-defense skills with vocational courses are vital to mention here, which are similar considerations to dissect more about the topic. The focus of the study will be on the financial liberty of women in rural India after the pandemic broke down in the nation. The jolted impact of the pandemic on the economy and simultaneously on an individual’s financial behavior is planned to study in this paper. In the nearby areas, women are contacted to participate in the study. Unstructured questions for summarizing this work are planned. Scholarly articles and similar material available on e-platform will be searched for the organic outcome. Family support, independence, skills, education, and knowledge are a few variables on which the outcome of this study is presumably based.

               

KEYWORDS: Pandemic, Digitalization, Financial Liberty, Rural India, Economic Activities.


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