Empowerment is regarded to be a multi-dimensional process, which should enable women or group of women to realise their complete identity and power in all spheres of life. It consists of greater access to knowledge and resources, greater autonomy in the decision making process, to enable them to have larger ability and planning for their own lives and to have better control over the circumstances that have influenced their lives in a negative manner. For any household, community or the country to progress and do well in all tasks, it is important to take into consideration the concept of women empowerment. The issue of women empowerment has been of immense discussion and scrutiny not only in India but in other countries of the world as well. Women are required to acquire empowerment to liberate themselves from any kinds of restrictions, and influence of the customs, beliefs and practices that have undermined their status and position.

 There has been implementation of programs and policies and efforts have been made to recognize the significance of women within the society and take measures to bring about their empowerment. In the history of human development, women were considered as important as the men, in fact the work, jobs and tasks that women performed within the society were considered vital that led to the progress of the nation. If women will not be empowered in various aspects, social, political, economic and so forth, the progress of the nation will be weakened and there will be occurrences of number of barriers within the course of development.