Many provinces/states in india provide free public transportation especially bus and metro rides for women.
Major motivations behind this initiative include :
1)providing women better access to public spaces,
Female labour force participation in India has seen a significant increase, rising to 41.7% in 2023–24 from 23.3% in 2017–18.
Government schemes have given positive results in increasing labour participation of women in workforce
2)to promote education, and employment for women
3)helps women to come forward in public spaces and contribute to the indian economy
Major criticism aganist this initiative:-
1)major criticism comes from lower caste dalit men organisation who claim that this actively discriminate large number of lower caste dalit men who earn $510.80 USD annually whereas it benefits Uppercaste women who owns large amount of wealth via ancestral land and working Uppercaste women earns more annual salary than lower caste men.
Inorder to solve the grievance of lowercaste men , some states like tamilnadu in india is planning to give free bus ride for low income earning men .
2)some critics consider that giving freebies harm the economy negatively
Many provinces/states in india provide free public transportation especially bus and metro rides for women. Major motivations behind this initiative include :
1)providing women better access to public spaces, Female labour force participation in India has seen a significant increase, rising to 41.7% in 2023–24 from 23.3% in 2017–18. Government schemes have given positive results in increasing labour participation of women in workforce
2)to promote education, and employment for women
3)helps women to come forward in public spaces and contribute to the indian economy
Major criticism aganist this initiative:-
1)major criticism comes from lower caste dalit men organisation who claim that this actively discriminate large number of lower caste dalit men who earn $510.80 USD annually whereas it benefits Uppercaste women who owns large amount of wealth via ancestral land and working Uppercaste women earns more annual salary than lower caste men.
Inorder to solve the grievance of lowercaste men , some states like tamilnadu in india is planning to give free bus ride for low income earning men .
2)some critics consider that giving freebies harm the economy negatively
Just make it free for everyone and skip the headache. Means testing is almost always a money loser, not earner.
yeah ultimately it just adds a lot of beuracracy. I mean the only benefit is as a jobs program for folks who like big government.
It seems like people will keep arguing until they just make busses free.
Can I get a “poor men can fuck themselves”?
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Don’t think the /s is necessary.