Just read that India's human and gender development record is improving, with the latest government report showing a significant increase in the country's position on the human (HDI) and gender-related development indices (GDI).
It adds: "... The highest GEM (gender empowerment measure) scorers in India are the Andaman and Nicobar, Puducherry, Goa, Andhra and Himachal... On economic empowerment of women, Chandigarh, Goa, Delhi and Punjab are the best, but in terms of control of economic resources, Meghalaya stands on top." Of course, Goa is not mentioned in the list of States doing well in terms of the political participation of women. And for understandable reasons... Two issues: Firstly, these possibly are government statistics, so the chances of window dressing always exists. Secondly, I'm sorry I can't offer detailed references, as the above quote came from some digest kind of a publication, which offers an udpate of current affairs, without giving information of where it's coming from. Anyway, since this is a non-academic exercise, just thought of sharing possibly for a wider discussion. Your thoughts please? FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490