Miles to go to fulfil PM Modi's Nari Shakti pledge for India in 2047

The rising share of women in the police force and aviation are among the few sunshine areas in a landscape of low, slow, or declining progress of women

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today listed equality, specifically equality for women, as one of the five pledges citizens must take to fulfil the dreams of the freedom fighters for India by 2047, the 100th year of Independence. It is a pledge that will challenge the nation on many fronts.

"Our Nari Shakti (woman power) is being represented in all sectors -- in police, villages, etc. The more opportunities we give to our daughters, the more they will take us forward," he said.

Indeed, women now constitute 10.5 per cent of the police force, according to 2021 data, the latest available