• Dr.Shekara B

Banking is the most important sector in any economy. Women empowerment has been a vital issue that has come into the limelight in past few years. Empowerment literally means becoming powerful. Women empowerment is to motivate and develop women by promoting their participation in all areas and sectors, to build stronger economies, improve their quality of life and bring gender equality with equal opportunities. Women empowerment may be defined as to empower a female person in her own capacities. As banks are playing a major role in scripting India’s growth story, bringing the much needed change across the country, they are also playing a vital role in women empowerment. Public sector banks, which have their presence even in the remote corners of the country, have traditionally been first and foremost support structure for women as far as their financial needs are concerned. Be it schemes related to educational financing at a very early age or financial assistance for setting up livelihood or stable source of income in youth; banks have always played a very important role in enhancing financial inclusion of women in the Indian economy. One of the key objectives of the bank is to focus on the banking needs of women and promote economic empowerment. This study gives more emphasis on role of banking sector in women empowerment in India. This paper is mainly based on a secondary data on women empowerment of banking sector in India. To complete this, annual reports, various books, journals, periodicals and websites have been consulted, several reports on this area have been considered.

Women Empowerment, Banking Sector, women-centric banking schemes.

"A Study on Role of Banking sector in Women Empowerment in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.826-830, April-2019`, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904U07.pdf

"A Study on Role of Banking sector in Women Empowerment in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp826-830, April-2019`, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904U07.pdf