In many parts of the country, sex ratio has dropped to fewer than 850 females per 1000 males. India is ranked 132 out of 148 countries on Gender Inequality Index as per the 2013 Global Human Development Report. Women from disadvantaged groups in particular face discrimination, exploitation and limited employment opportunities. This is happening when principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles. The Constitution not only grants equality to women, but also empowers the State to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women. Women Empowerment has attracted the attention of academicians, political thinkers and social scientists in underdeveloped, developing and developed countries, because of the widely accepted truth that a society built on the inequality of men and women involves wastage of human resources which no country can afford in present times. With huge literatures and bulky expenditure on women empowerment schemes, it becomes imperative to understand the concept of empowerment of women to have a better understanding of its policy implications.