Economic Empowerment of Women through Skill Up Gradation

The development of Indian women will be the biggest source of enrichment of the country's development. Empowerment not only enables them to generate income to become sufficient or independent, but society also gains benefit. Capacity building of women can be done by promoting self employment by addressing their minimum needs such as nutrition, education and clothing. Entrepreneurship connects weaker section women with the mainstream of society. Garment construction is very common in almost every household and helps the women to raise their family income. Keeping in mind present study was conducted in Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Fatehabad of Haryana state. Five days intervention containing general information, cutting and stitching of garments, value addition of fabrics and sensitization and motivation for self employment was imparted to two groups. The training efficiency index was found 54.68 percent. Highest indexes for general information was 62.43 percent. Perceived Feasibility was found 77.47 percent on four attributes of adoption of technology.