On 12th December 2019, Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was signed into law, leading to widespread protests across the country.

It is now common practice to infer the social status of women from their demographic characteristics. Yet it is not so easy to read through demographic progress, in terms of declines in mortality and fertility, to make unambiguous judgments about trends in women's social standing.

In India tribals are neglected a lot, discriminated in terms of income distribution and social status.

Status literally means position in relation to others. The status enjoyed by women in any society is an index of the standard of its social organisation.