Abstract
Empowerment of women is one of an important issue in the last decade of the twentieth Century. Women's economic empowerment is absolutely essential for raising their status in society Rizal and Asokan (2013). According to the United Nations out of the 1.3 billion people who live in absolute poverty around the globe, 70 percent are women. Women work two thirds of the world's working hours. The overwhelming majority of the labour that sustains life - growing food, cooking, raising children, caring for the elderly, maintaining a house, hauling water is done by women, and universally this work is accorded low status and no pay. Women earn only 10 percent of the world's income. Thus, it is important to empower women for getting economic development of an economy. Various Public Works Programme like MNREGA can Empower rural women in India. MNREGA is a rare opportunity for them to earn their own income, work is available close to the home, the work environment is relatively safe, and women are paid the same as men. Some women also consider sarkari kaam (government work) as relatively dignified Khera and Nayak (2009). In the Pater attempt has been made to analyze the role of MNREGA and other public works programme in the empowerment of women.