• Shiv Prasad Thakur

The woman's place has been important since ancient times. The woman is said to be the basic foundation of creation. Women are an important and necessary part of society. The tradition, culture of any nation is related to the women of that nation. The development of society is directly related to the development of women of that society. Without the development of women, the development of man, family and society cannot be imagined. Also, the development of the country and society is considered incomplete. In today's modern society's thinking has developed so much that both physical and mental evils and practices against women have become the norm. Such as satipratha, dowry practice, purdah, feticide, wife burning, sexual violence, sexual harassment at workplace, domestic violence and various other types of discriminatory behavior. All such functions involve physical and mental elements. Crimes or atrocities against women are still increasing. To deal with these, it will be possible to change the minds of old-minded people in the society only through social schemes and sensitization programs. Therefore, this women empowerment has been implemented by the government to make them financially and mentally strong. For the development of women, the government has introduced some schemes like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Ujjwala Yojana, Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Yojana etc. The article presented in this context has discussed hurdles in women's empowerment and governmental measures to remove them.

women empowerment, social schemes, sensitization programs, gender inequality.

"HURDLES IN THE PATH OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA : A CRITICAL STUDY ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 11, page no.1105-1108, November-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1711177.pdf

"HURDLES IN THE PATH OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA : A CRITICAL STUDY ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 11, page no. pp1105-1108, November-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1711177.pdf