In India, as in many other countries of the world, there is a vast difference between the idealised concept of women and the real life situation in which women find themselves. Women in the Indian society have a degraded status because of the prevalence of multiple factors such as illiteracy, exploitation, unemployment, female infanticide, child marriage, dowry, prostitution, rape, widowhood, wife beating and purdah system, all of which have prevented the Indian women from attaining greater heights. It must be remembered that women’s status is not a just a matter of cultural and social history of traditions but it is basically rooted in the political and economic structure of our society which needs to be changed. Women are denied the right to own or inherit property and they become dependent on men, which renders them vulnerable to exploitation. Although the women contribute through their labour in maintaining the household, it is never recognised as productive labour. Women’ contribution to the economy goes unregistered while the contribution of the males gets listed.