QUESTION 6
GS2
10 marks
Women's social capital complements in advancing empowerment and gender equity. Explain.
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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Explain how women's networks and collective ties support empowerment and gender equity.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Social capital: networks, trust, norms (Putnam, Bourdieu)≈35 words
- 2Examples: self-help groups, Kudumbashree, SEWA, women's collectives in panchayats≈35 words
- 3Effects: credit, voice, bargaining power, leadership; limits (elite capture, caste)≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
DefineFormsExamplesEffectsLimitsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Not defining social capital
- No example
Draw this
- Network diagram
Value addition
- DataDAY-NRLM has mobilised about 10 crore rural women into some 90 lakh self-help groups.Ministry of Rural Development
- ExampleKerala's Kudumbashree runs women's networks for livelihoods and local governance.Kudumbashree Mission
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 11 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 44 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 38 ↗Same syllabus reference
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