Absence of a robust social infrastructure in the country may become one of the most significant challenges in achieving a developed status by 2047. Discuss.

Social infrastructure refers to the support for vulnerable sectors, women, Adda senior citizens and children. Issues due to lack of social infrastructure: 1) Women => Poor participation in LFPR (22-31%) => Democratic dividend => Low empowerment => Increasing social evils => Poor savings => Informal sector (Feminisation of agriculture) 2) Children => Lack of support => Crime tendencies => Poor education and literacy outcomes 3) Senior citizens => Loss of crystallised intelligence => loss of hagerty dividend (2nd demographic dividend) 4) Vulnerable sectors and Transgenders => loss of demographic dividend => Social disharmony Transgenders => Divergent => From self-dependent to dependent Maternal benefit Act => SHGs-woven => Children (child labour acts, RTE act) => Code on Social Security, 2020 => Harmonised guidelines 2021 for disorganised and senior citizen