Decision making, access and control over resources of csr women beneficiaries

It is being increasingly recognized that progress and welfare of a society is not only the responsibility of the Government alone, but various stakeholders need to be involved to attain the development goal. Companies too have been the target of those perturbed by this uneven development and as a result, their contributions to society are under severe scrutiny. Many corporate houses are working towards empowering women by improving income and employment for them in rural areas. The present paper thus scrutinizes the efforts done by these private players in making rural women empowered in terms of involvement in decision making in economic matters, access to and control over economic resources of rural women beneficiaries of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.