Women-Led Development through Women Workforce Integration in India: Laying the Groundwork for Vikshit Bharat @ 2047

From ancient civilisations to present-day India, Indian women have played a critical role in the country's socioeconomic growth. Given the importance of women in defining socioeconomic growth, the Indian government has launched various projects to encourage women's education, entrepreneurship, and empowerment. However, women's workforce participation in India is among the lowest in the world. This discrepancy impedes the country's progress towards inclusive and sustainable development. In this context, the present study aims to investigate how the integration of women's workforce paves the way for women-led development from the perspective of women's development, as well as how it contributes to India's journey to become a developed nation by 2047. This study emphasises the multifaceted, constructive effect of female workforce inclusion on driving women-led development in India. This study offers a unique perspective that can help policymakers design targeted policies to remove roadblocks to the nation's progress toward achieving women-led development and being a developed country, or Vikshit Bharat, by 2047.