Country : India
Assignment Task

 

Q.1]
The State of Solipsia in a recent budget outlined important policy decisions. It identified a
category of ‘pink-collar jobs’ and enhanced remuneration for people employed in these jobs.
Following are the excerpts from the budget speech of the Finance Minister:
“This budget represents the pride we place and the respect we hold for the contribution that
women have made to this nation. Unfortunately, it had not been recognized and appreciated
for so many years. There is an embarrassing gender divide in the salary structures and this
budget is a modest attempt to highlight and correct it. Equally important is that we remove
the stereotypes and stigmas.”
“This budget identifies a category -- ‘pink-collar jobs’. These jobs include, pre and primary
school teachers including librarians, nurses, physiotherapists and dieticians, public relations
managers or receptionists, caregivers including baby sitters, beauticians, counselors, flight
attendants and like works. The citizens, who are working in these professions and enrolled
with the government or its instrumentalities, shall now be entitled to 100 dollars additional
tax-free benefit to their salaries after this today. I encourage private entities and corporate
houses to extend similar or better benefits to their staff and professionals working in these or
similar areas. We shall duly notify the independent agencies that provide these services too.”
“Before we could be charged with paternalism, we want to clarify that this benefit is to be
extended irrespective of the gender of the employee. We also, however, need to be cognizant
of the ground realities and historical inequalities. Therefore, we declare that 40 per cent of the
jobs in this sector shall be reserved for women. We believe this should help more women to
become part of the formal workforce. Furthermore, for women who have been working in
pink-collar jobs for last five years or more shall also receive arrears at the rate of 100 dollars
a month added to five years or from the date of their joining whichever is earlier. Financial
independence for women will have cascading impact on other spheres of their life as well.”
“It is also mandated that all working women below the age of 45 years are entitled to seven
days of additional leave for which no application need be filed, in addition to regular leaves 
granted to all employees. The government would also encourage more and more employers to
create greater avenues to work from the home. This government is positive in its commitment
to enable women to create, manage and run all-women enterprises and shall provide them tax
benefits to incentivize them.”
The budget quickly became controversial, while some welcomed it, others trashed it. The top
trending hashtags for the day were #ProudOfPink and #DoneWithPink. Those who support
say that finally women’s contribution are recognized and dignified, the critics believe that the
budget is inadequate and may actually end up perpetuating the attitudes it seeks to remove. A
recent survey of working people in Solipsia suggested that two-thirds of working women
were employed in jobs that the budget identified as ‘pink-collar’ ones, even as forty per cent
of eligible women were in unorganized sectors or home-makers. It also noted that although
single-women earned almost the same as single-men, married women earned substantially
(about one-third) lesser than married men.

Noted- Based on your readings and class discussions, write an editorial for the most popular
newspaper of Solipsia - The Solipsist.
 


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