Synopsis Empowerment of women has emerged as an important issue in our society in recent times. The economic empowerment of women is being regarded these days as a sine-qua-non of progress for a country, hence the issue of economic empowerment of women is of paramount importance to political thinkers, social scientists and reformers, women activists, politicians, academicians and administrators. The book is a sincere effort to explain and analyse the multifaceted and multi-dimensional role of women, especially of rural women, in our socio-economic life. The central theme of this book is economic participation of rural women in India. The book covers following major aspects pertaining to the economic empowerment of women in India: Role, status and contribution of rural women, Problems of rural women, Efforts made by Government for upliftment of women's economic condition and status in society, Remedial measures and alternative strategies required for accepting and enhancing the contribution of women in socio-economic and other spheres of life and also to eliminate all kinds of discrimination against them with the purpose to provide them equal opportunity, liberty and justice. In view of the wide ranging contents of the book and its lucid explanation of facts, critical analysis and objective evaluation of facts, this will definitely find favour amongst the academicians, policy planners and executors, who are actively associated and engaged in the arena of women's progress.