NEW DELHI: Highlighting various decisions taken by his government for women empowerment, including allowing them to become fighter pilots, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that no country or society can achieve holistic development or can claim to be a just society without gender justice.He said that the country is "rapidly encouraging" participation of women in all walks of life and enrolement of girls now outnumbered boys in educational institutions. "India is among the few nations of the world which have ensured the right to vote for women since independence. Today, after 70 years of independence, the participation of women in elections is at its highest level ever. Now India of 21st century is rapidly encouraging such participation in other walks of life too.For the first time in India, the enrolment of girls in educational institutions is more than boys. This is on account of successful programmes such as Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao," he said."Similarly, the government has brought about many changes, whether it be appointment of women in military service or in the selection process of fighter pilots or regarding their freedom to work in the mines at night."Today, India is among those few countries of the world which sanction paid maternity leave of 26 weeks to career women," he said.