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The empowerment of the women is the necessity for the development of the society. It is the necessity of the time to empower women equal to the men. Women's empowerment is all about equipping and letting women to make significant decisions and choices of life. The development of women is important for economic development. The empowerment of women is one of the vital issues in the practice of development of countries all over the world. They are still treated as the weaker sex as well as weaker section of the society who wants to be protected whole life-be it by her father, husband or son and by the society also. Women comprise about half of the total population of country but they go through from many disadvantages as compared to men in terms of literacy rates, labour participation rates wages etc. Social, economic and political empowerment is the need of the day. It is best approach of building women equal allies in development. Women are like back bone of each human beings life. So it is to be expected for the government and the society to safeguard the rights of women. It is also an important duty of the government to enhance the quality standard of women’s life, and for the upgrading the existing standards of the existing society as well as improving the national economy. Women are the foundation and pillars of the society. Women’s security and welfare schemes contribute towards the community development. Consequently it is important to examine, understand the welfare schemes of women in India. A little of important schemes are discussed in this article.