• P. Paul Divakar
• V. Vijayasree Dasari
• Ch.Mahita

Women Empowerment is a process whereby women become able to organize themselves to increase their own, self reliance to assert their independent right to make choice and to control resources which will assists in challenges and eliminating their own subordination. The government of India has implemented many programmes for the empowerment of women. In addition, Andhra Pradesh state government also implementing various women development programmes, like the gender component of SERP under APRIGP program focuses on enabling the women of the poorest of the poor households of Andhra Pradesh to overcome their poverty through the self managed institutions like self – help groups, village organizations, mandal samakhyas and zilla samakhyas. Gender programme aims to ensure gender equity, equality and a dignified way of living for rural women. Mobility, participation and decision making will be enhanced through their self managed institutions by providing capacity building trainings. These schemes plays an effective dimensional role in creating rural livelihood at sustain, the savings and group activities in eliminating poverty by active participation of women at village level committees. It was observed that there is a drastic development occurred in their life with their active participation, and they are getting awareness in all aspects. Through these schemes, traditional Indian women have started proving themselves more skilled and competent in many professions. This article explains complete data of SHG’S, village and mandal samakhyas etc which empowered rural women of Andhra Pradesh.

Role of Women, Economic status, Participation, Govt. schemes, Campaigns.

"Women Empowerment in Rural Areas of Andhra Pradesh: State Government Schemes", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.99-107, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAP06016.pdf

"Women Empowerment in Rural Areas of Andhra Pradesh: State Government Schemes", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp99-107, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAP06016.pdf