More than creating a new provision of salary for housework, we need to strengthen awareness, implementation and utilisation of other existing provisions. (Representational Image) Last month, Kamal Hasan’s party, Makkal Needhi Maiam , promised salaries to housewives as a part of its electoral campaign in Tamil Nadu. This week, the idea was welcomed by Shashi Tharoor , who tweeted that this will “monetise the services of women homemakers in society, enhance their power and autonomy and create near- universal basic income ”. To this, actor Kangana Ranaut said, “we don’t need salary for being the Queens of our own […]
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