QUESTION 12
GS3
15 marks
Distinguish between ‘care economy’ and ‘monetised economy’. How can care economy be brought into monetised economy through women empowerment?
WRITE IN
11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Distinguish care work from the market economy and explain how women's empowerment can bring care work into the paid economy.
DistinguishBring out the differences clearly, point by point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Care economy: paid and unpaid work caring for children, elderly, sick, households; mostly unpaid and done by women≈65 words
- 2Monetised economy: goods and services exchanged for money and counted in GDP≈65 words
- 3Bringing care in: paid crèches and elder care, skilling (nursing, care workers), valuing in satellite accounts, maternity and childcare support, ASHA/Anganwadi pay, women's SHG enterprises≈65 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
DefinitionsContrastSteps to monetise via women's empowermentConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Not defining both terms
- Not linking monetisation to women's empowerment
Draw this
- Two-circle diagram with an arrow from unpaid care to paid care jobs
Value addition
- DataTime Use Survey 2019: women spent about 299 minutes a day on unpaid domestic services versus 97 minutes for men.NSO Time Use in India 2019
- SchemePalna scheme (2022) supports crèches for working mothers under Mission Shakti.Ministry of Women and Child Development
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Mayank Purohit · AIR 33 · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 23 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 26 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Mayank Purohit · AIR 33 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
Links open original public sources. MainsBuddy does not host these answer sheets.
Next: plan for one minute, write it in 11 minutes, then get it checked.