A Brief Analysis of Gender Development Index of India

Ms. Rosemary Subba; Mr. Ranjit Das

doi:https://doi.org/10.58419/gbs.v10i1.1012410

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A Brief Analysis of Gender Development Index of India

Rosemary Subba, Ranjit Das

Vol 10 , Issue 1 , January - June 2024 | Pages: 145-160 | Research Paper

https://doi.org/10.58419/gbs.v10i1.1012410

Published Online: July 31, 2024

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1. * Rosemary Subba, Assistant Professor, Geography, North Bengal St.Xavier's college, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India (marlowmaria1992@gmail.com)

2. Ranjit Das, Research scholar, Geography, Raiganj University, Raiganj, West Bengal, India (ranjitgeo14@gmail.com)

Gender Development Index (GDI) was introduced by UNDP in 1995 to measure, compare and contrast the HDIs between the two genders due to the failure to launch towards holistic development of several countries. India, one of the rapidly emerging economies is at 134^th rank in HDI (UNDP, 2024) and 129^th in GDI (Global gender gap report, 2024) globally, and is still behind its neighbouring countries like Bhutan (125) in terms of gender development. Gender and development go hand in hand. Any barrier causing gender inequality is a barrier to balanced development. The lower GDI of the country can be largely attributed to the inequalities and biases existing between the genders owing to gender exclusive socio-economic set up of the country and the absence of parity of women offering disadvantages in every field and sub field of development.

Keywords

Gender, Development, Inequality, GDI, HDI, Literacy rates, work participation

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