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Empowerment of women is gaining ground and an added significance in the Indian context owing to their profusive participation in developmental activities. Women empowerment cannot be rigidly defined, particularly, in a situation like ours, where there exists more difference among women in different sectors such as rural v/s urban women, women in organized sector v/s women in unorganized sector or informal sector, women in government / public sector v/s those in private sector, educated women v/s uneducated women both in rural and urban sectors and women in lower and higher income group.

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Dr. Bollavaram Dorababu, M.A.,B.ed.,Ph.D., Department of Economics & Applied Economics, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthpur District, Andhra Pradesh, India.He is working as a Lecturer in Economics. His interests teaching and research.

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