India is a land of villages. Women constitute half of total population in our country. In our society, women and children have significant priority in all development efforts. In patriarchal societies, the quality of life of women will be determined by the economic and social factors. owing to their gender, they could not reap fruits of development on par with men. The plight of a rural woman is far worse that of an urban woman. Apart from maintaining household activities, women participate in various economic activities. But their contributions have remained unrecognized. Moreover, it is the condition of poverty women suffer more; the excess burden of poverty has been borne by women because the responsibility of the survival of the household rests on the woman. Formulation and implementation of relevant strategies are needed to face the challenge of feminization of poverty. The strategy for poverty alleviation includes acceleration of economic growth with a focus on employment intensive sectors, access to basic minimum services for improving the quality of life of the people.

India is a land of villages. Women constitute half of total population in our country.