PoliticsGender Gap Persists in India's Land Ownership Records
India's digitisation of land records reveals a significant gender gap in ownership. Data from the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme shows men hold 5.55 crore land ownership records, while women hold only 2.28 crore. Women account for about 41 ownership records per 100 held by men, highlighting deep-rooted inequality in land ownership, which affects economic security and social power in rural India.
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