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    6 days ago

    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 2)to promote education, and employment for women

    Major criticism aganist this initiative:- 1)major criticism comes from lower caste dalit men organisation who claim that this actively discriminate millions of lower caste dalit men who earn $510.80 USD annually whereas it benefits Uppercaste women who owns huge amount of wealth via ancestral land and working Uppercaste women earns more annual salary than lower caste men. 2)many critics consider that giving freebies harm the economy negatively