Co-written by Mr R S Nambi
Introduction:
According to the recent census, the statistics reveals that women occupy nearly 50% of the total population in India. Most of these women have remained as housewives and in modern times due to their educational background and economic necessities, have opted out for service and thus have become additional earning members for the family. According to one of the study on the computation of average per capita income in India, a view has been expressed that one has to impute the value of the economic contribution made by a housewife. In the view of the critic of the above study, the per capita income would improve significantly under Indian situation if the contribution of the housewife had been factored in. Be that as it may, the significant contribution made by Indian women remaining indoors for the economic prosperity of her family cannot be denied. Due to modernity, these women have come forward in the open to prove their mettle and have
