Vol. 5, Issue 12, Part E (2019)

Abstract
This paper through light and tried to analyze the status of Rural Women empowerment in India and highlights the Issues and Challenges of Rural Women in India. Today women's empowerment is one of the most important concerns because it is not easy to make a country great without participation of its half of the population. But women's empowerment in Indian rural society is still an illusion of reality. We have to put more efforts in this direction for building a healthy and wealthy nation. Rural Entrepreneurship can create new dimensions for providing them good economic opportunities, better standard of living that will further contribute to the overall growth of the economy. The study concludes by giving focus on governmental policies and plans, people's participation, self-help groups, and NGO's efforts. There can be various ways to empower them like access to Education, Employment and Change in Social Structure.