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Empowering vs taking Away responsibility

This model tries to show how women empowerment is taking place in India. On my dining table in Delhi, there stands a small insignificant plastic bottle with a red lid. What is significant is that the bottle contains delicious bamboo shoot pickle purchased by me in a remote village of Jharkhand being preserved and sold by a woman under the self help group scheme and sponsored by the block level thrift and credit society. A part of Rs 60,000 crore industry is slowly catching up in the sleepy state of undulating hills and meandering rivers.

Despite being a mineral abundant state and also rich in non timber forest produce as well as amply endowed with educational facilities, the abysmally low economic and social indicators is a stark reality. The complex poverty syndrome partly stems from the demography of the region which pre-dominantly comprises of tribal people. The tribes are further categorised into various ethnic groups based on religion, language, occupation and area of domicile.

As there have been vigorous missionary activities in the region since mid nineteenth century, the state has a substantial tribal Christian population. This segment is educated, socially aware and economically better off than their non Christian brethrens who adhere to animistic rituals and are prone to ignorance and exploitation. The challenges to human development in the area are innumerable. Apart from structural deprivation, social and economic exclusion, geographic isolation, disintegration due to rural migration and indiscriminate urbanisation are the critical inhibitors in realising full potential of the state. Very often the villagers are victims of caste ridden feudal economy in the hands of money lenders, petty businessmen and landowners. The young tribals, especially the girls are so desperate to eke out a living that they easily fall prey to human trafficking or work as domestic helps in far flung parts of the country wholly alien to their culture and environment. The men are lured by the different naxalite groups. Either way they are vulnerable and open to exploitation. The civil strife in the form of naxal turbulence is a socio economic challenge and less of law and order problem as it is made out by the administrative machinery. This model shows that it is more important to empower people rather than showing charity and helping them. Social business helps in empowering people and using the wealth at the bottom of pyramid. This venture at bottom of pyramid is seen as the next opportunity. (IDC Home:Data Intelligent Unit)

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