Some women sell themselves for hours. Some of them do it for no price, expecting a favor in return – perhaps an opportunity for a breakthrough in the showbiz. Some of them do it for ‘pocket money’ and it varies from lakhs to thousands per hour.
There is nothing you need to do about it, unless there is blackmailing/force/inducement involved in the business.
Then there are some women, like the women in Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh, who sell themselves for anything that varies from Rs. 200 to Rs. 50. They are not sold for hours. They are sold forever. And for what? Food. And Survival.
Now there is definitely something that the Government which talks about country’s economic growth rates can/should do about it. The question is, where did all those announced packages for farmers go? What happened to NREGA? How well is it being implemented? What is the state government doing? What is Mayawati doing after all the statue-unveiling that she’s on to lately?