This article's author is Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft and businessman who has contributed the significant portion of his assets to support global welfare and development. Gates is an esteemed name in business, technology, and generosity, and his foundation has taken a prominent role in solving variety of global challenges such as health, and education especially in under developing nations. Based to his significant experience and expertise in development and the aid that his foundation provides for efforts that empower women, Gates is suitable for writing about this subject.

Empowering women through goat rearing can have significant effect on their economical status, I concur with the author's opinion. As women are primarily in charge of tending for and raising goats, which are an essential income source for rural Indian families. The pashu-sakhis action plan helps women to boost their wages and take ownership of their finances by giving them knowledge and abilities they need to improve health of their goats. As a result, women may have improved financial freedom which rightly quote by Gates(2019) "Goats are nicknamed "ATMs" because of they are a convenient source of cash."(para-6)

Yes definitely , Pashu-sakhis programme has shown encouraging results in its initial phases, but it will need constant funding and resources to be expanded to other areas and ensure its long-term viability. According to Gates(2019), One-sixth of the world's goat population, or more than 135 million goats, live in India. And more than 70% of them are raised by poor, rural households. this statistics shown that this initiative is effective one.

Given that most rural women in India are still bound by the common thinking of a male-dominated culture, I assume that this program would raise awareness of gender equality among poor women.