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Women Own Every House In This Small Village

Mar 8, 2022 | Pratirodh Bureau

It is a moot question whether the government (acting here like a nanny state of sorts) has the best interests of its citizens (read: consumers) at heart or whether it is in it for the financial rewards. In the meantime, it will be a good strategy to keep our minds open about and our bellies sated with these once-'coarse' grains (Representational Image)

Bakapur is a tiny Maharashtra village of about 2,000 residents, but is garnering a lot of praise for promoting gender equality as every house there is owned by a woman.

This has been made possible through a special provision made by the village panchayat in 2008.

As the world celebrates Women’s Day today, the nameplate of every house in Bakapur, located about 20 km from Aurangabad, brings a sense of pride to its residents, as it displays the names of women as the owners or co-owners of their residences.

Not a single house in this village is owned by a single man alone, as a woman from the family has to be the co-owner, according to the gram panchayat records.

Talking to PTI, Bakapur’s sarpanch (village head) Kavita Salve said, “The women in my village have got a say in household matters with this decision.” Sudamrao Palaskar was the village sarpanch when this decision was taken in 2008.

“Based on some previous experiences, it was then decided to make a woman from every family the owner of her residence. We had seven members in the gram panchayat that time. Not a single member voted against this proposal. The decision brought about a sense of security in every village household, and also for the future of the children,” Palaskar said.

“The nameplate of every house in Bakapur has the woman owner’s name on it. It is a routine practice here,” she proudly said.

Salve, who has been living in Bakapur for 21 years, said earlier, there was a fear here that men could sell the houses without the consent of their families.

“This would have affected the families financially. But the decision to make a woman the owner of the house gave an authority and a sense of security to the women here. Now, they play a key role in financial matters related to the house,” the sarpanch said.

Deputy sarpanch Ajij Shah said earlier, some men, involved in various addictions, had tried to sell their houses.

“But, the decision to give house ownership to a woman from the family has led to households being run smoothly. Even if a person wants to buy a house in Bakapur, he has to purchase it jointly with a woman from his family,” Shah said.

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