MAINS 2015
GS1
12.5 marks
Discuss the positive and negative effects of globalization on women in India.
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200 words
What the examiner wants
Discuss the positive and negative effects of globalisation on Indian women.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Positive: jobs in IT, BPO, garments, retail; education and mobility; exposure to rights discourse; women entrepreneurs; financial inclusion≈35 words
- 2Negative: informal and low-wage work, job insecurity, double burden, workplace harassment, trafficking, commodification in media, displacement of artisans≈35 words
- 3Uneven effect: urban educated women gain more; rural and Dalit/Adivasi women less≈35 words
- 4Policy response: POSH Act 2013, Maternity Benefit Amendment 2017 (26 weeks)≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
PositivesNegativesClass and region divideResponsesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only positives or only negatives
- Treating all women as one group
Draw this
- Two-column table of gains and losses, with a row for urban vs rural women
Value addition
- DataPLFS: female LFPR (15+, usual status) rose from 23.3% in 2017-18 to 41.7% in 2023-24, much of it rural self-employment.PLFS, MoSPI
- CaseVishaka v State of Rajasthan (1997) set workplace harassment guidelines, later codified in the POSH Act, 2013.Supreme Court, 1997
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Monika Srivastava · Page 17 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 29 ↗Same syllabus reference
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