President Droupadi Murmu, in her address on Independence Day eve, said, "Our daughters are our pride." "A nineteen-year-old girl and a thirty-eight-year-old woman from India were the finalists in the FIDE Women's World Cup for chess championship," she stated, while referring to Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy. President Murmu added, "The gender gap in employment has also been reducing."