The Constitution of India guarantees equal opportunity to women. In fact during the Vedic period women had been given a place of pride in the society. However, of late they were not getting their due despite the Constitutional provision. The government has therefore been making special efforts to bring the women in the mainstream of development. There have been changes in the government’s approach over the years to achieve this goal. For example, it was ‘Welfare during Fifties’, ‘Development during Seventies’, and ‘Employment during Nineties’. The basic objective of the government has been to make them economically independent and self-reliant. This book makes an attempt to analyze the impact of women related programmes on their income, employment opportunities and economic empowerment. It also make an effort to measure the extent to which technological innovations and life supporting scientific devices have been helpful in reducing the drudgery of women-folk and brought about qualitative improvements in their lifestyle, perception as well as overall outlook. T he finding indicate that there has been a change in the positive direction as a result of the efforts of the government. However, there is still scope for improvement and much has still to be done if women are to be given empowerment in the true sense. The book should be useful not only to the students interested in women’s problems but also for academics as well as policy makers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P.N. Pande
Dr. P.N. Pande had been on the Faculty of Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow from 1982 to 202. Prior to this, he was associated with the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi; G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pan Nagar (Nainital); and Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. He has been engaged in research in Economics for about 35 years. He has to his credit about 25 research studies and has published a score of research papers in different books and academic journals. Dr. Pande is the author of the Book: (i) Self-Employment Programme in India; (ii) Wage Equality among Sexes; (iii) Drudgery of the Hill Women; (iv) Child Labour in Carpet Industry: and (v) Child Labour in Glass Industry.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P.S. Garia
Dr. P.S. Garia (born in January 1951), got his Master Degree in Economics from Kumaun University and then Ph.D. in Economics from Shri Shahu Ji Maharaj Kanpur University, Kanpur. He is presently on the Faculty of Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow and has been actively engaged in social science been actively engaged in social science resarch for nearly 25 years. His fields of specialization are women studies, education and rural industrialisation and he has completed a dozen of research studies. He has to his credit two books already, viz. (i) Role and Problems of Female Labour in Agriculture (2000); and (ii) Uttarakhand Update: A Statistical Profile for Development Planning (1999). Beside this, he has written published articles in leading journals.
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