{"id":167325,"date":"2022-02-08T20:44:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T15:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=167325"},"modified":"2022-02-08T20:44:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T15:14:28","slug":"answered-discuss-the-desirability-of-access-and-ownership-of-land-to-women-to-ensure-more-inclusive-and-stable-societies-highlight-the-need-for-improvements-in-inheritance-laws-in-india","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-discuss-the-desirability-of-access-and-ownership-of-land-to-women-to-ensure-more-inclusive-and-stable-societies-highlight-the-need-for-improvements-in-inheritance-laws-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Discuss the desirability of access and ownership of land to women to ensure more inclusive and stable societies. Highlight the need for improvements in inheritance laws in India."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Introduction: <\/span><\/b>Briefly explain the difference in land ownership of men and women.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Body: <\/span><\/b>Explain why women have such low land ownership. Write the benefits of increased land ownership of women. Write about the issues of inheritance laws in India.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Conclusion:<\/span><\/b> Give a way forward.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In India <\/span>only 12.8% of operational land holdings are owned by women<\/span><\/b>, which constitutes 10.34% of the area of holdings, while women constitute about 50% percent of the population. Which points towards more deep-rooted inequality in the Indian society. Property is seen as a primary source of wealth and generally passed on to male heirs. It deprives women of agency, financial independence and entrepreneurship;<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is desirable that women have better access and ownership of land because it leads to various social and economic benefits for the country.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n