NEW DELHI: India must promote gender parity and push exports to grow at 9-10 per cent annually in the next three decades, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday.
“While India has focussed on innovation, infrastructure, structural reforms and ease of doing business, a lot of work still needs to be done on gender parity and exports and ensuring that India has growth with equity,” Kant said while addressing the 98th Annual Session of Assocham here.
Talking about the challenges for India in achieving 9-10 per cent growth for longer periods of time, Kant said, “There are challenges of gender parity because in India only 24 per cent of women work while world average is 48 per cent. If India has to grow at higher rate, it needs to ensure that women work. Therefore, consciously men need to push for gender parity.” (AGENCIES)
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