• Sujatha C.N

ABSTRACT: Women are the backbone of families and communities. They provide care, support, and nurturing to their families and are essential to the development of children. Women also play a significant role in community building and often take on leadership roles in community organizations. Women's education in India has been a need of the hour, as education is a foundation stone for the empowerment of women. Education also brings a reduction in inequalities and functions as a means of improving their status within the family and develops the concept of participation. Empowerment can be viewed as a means of creating a social environment in which one can make decisions and make choices either individually or collectively for social transformation. Empowerment strengthens the innate ability by way of acquire knowledge, power, and experience. The Government of India adopted the national policy for empowerment of women on 20th March, 2001 with an aim to bring about advancement and development of women so that they could participate in all sphere of public activities and join various social and people’s forums for the cause of wellbeing of the society in general.

KEYWORDS: Socio-economic condition, disparity, constitutional provisions, causes of backwardness of women, gender equality, government action,

"Socio-economic empowerment of Indian women –A Study ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.11-15, october-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810B89.pdf

"Socio-economic empowerment of Indian women –A Study ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp11-15, october-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810B89.pdf