Comparative analysis of economic empowerment of rural women non beneficiaries and beneficiaries of CSR initiatives

Rural women are considered as the backbone of rural society. Corporate sector is trying to play a pivotal role in ensuring private investment flow through CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activities to rural areas that have been left out of the development process so far and also to work for sustainable development of rural women in particular by giving them entrepreneurial trainings. The present paper aims to compare and highlight the difference in terms of economic empowerment of the beneficiaries and non beneficiaries of these CSR activities. The economic empowerment in the present study was analyzed on the basis of income earned before and after becoming CSR beneficiaries and involvement in decision making in various income related matters.