: Issues like the gender pay gap , workplace harassment, and uneven access to education in rural areas continue to be addressed by government schemes like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao .

However, urbanization has fractured this unit. Today, a significant shift toward nuclear families is visible in metros. While this grants the modern Indian woman more privacy and autonomy over her finances and parenting decisions, it also brings the burden of "double shifts"—a full-time job outside the home followed by domestic chores inside, without the extended family’s support system.

: While multi-generational, patrilineal households are standard, more women are now choosing to live independently , viewing it as a journey toward strength and self-reliance.