Carnegie Endowment also has an interesting blog post discussing this
as does Asia Dialogue
However according to the IPU there are far fewer women candidates only 8.1% in 2014
see the situation and compare with other nations in 2019 using their recent infographic.
The Indian government statistical office also has some data you can download on women's participation in the Lok Sabha
For some discussion of the barriers women have faced try this articles from the Economic and Political Weekly made available via the Centre for the study of developing societies website
the IGC has also discussed the link between female politicians in India and Economic Growth
Search for more resources
on shodhganga. Indian dissertations and theses website
IPU has abstracts of journal articles on their bibliographic database
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