When policy starts with women: The Karnataka example | Let Me Explain 100 | Pooja Prasanna

What happens when a government designs welfare with women at the centre?In Karnataka, the five guarantee schemes — Shakti, Gruha Lakshmi, Gruha Jyoti, Anna Bhagya and Yuva Nidhi — have reshaped how women move, work, spend and decide. Two major studies now give us the clearest picture of what changed on the ground. A 151% rise in women’s bus travel. Better spending on food and healthcare. Reduced household stress. New access to work and education.In the 100th episode of Let Me Explain, Pooja Prasanna travels across Karnataka to understand how intentional welfare has shifted women’s lives and what it means for public policy.Let Me Explain just turned 100! A hundred attempts to cut through noise. A hundred times we asked the questions that needed asking.Stay tuned & support us: https://pages.razorpay.com/support-lmeIf you are watching from abroad, click this link: https://buy.stripe.com/28o01q9md0OPdtm8wRFor suggestions and feedbacks, write to [email protected] a TNM subscriber- https://www.thenewsminute.com/subscriptionProduced by Megha Mukundan, Script by Lakshmi Priya, Camera by Ajay R, Graphics by Dharini Prabharan, Edited by Nikhil Sekhar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.