National Commission for Women Act 1990 is the first major step in the dissection of women’s development. The idea of establishing a national commission for women is not 1 new . The united nation commission on the status of women in its 25th report recommended to all member states the establishment of National Commission or a similar body with a mandate to review, estimate and recommend measure and priorities to ensure equality between men and women and the full integration or women in every sphere of national life, Acting on the resolution and on the demands of several women organizations the govt. of India setup a committee in 1971 known as the committee on the status of women (i) to evaluate the changes that had taken place in the status of women as a result of constitutional, legal and administrative measures adopted since independence (ii) to examine the impact of the complex process of social change on various sections of women (iii) to suggest measures to enable women to play their full and proper role in building up the nation. In 1974 the committee submitted a comprehensive report with a summary of its recommendations on (i) the social – cultural setting of women’s status, (ii) women and the law, (iii) role, regent’s and opportunities for economic participation (iv) educational development and (v) political status. In order to ensure the / implementation of various measures, the committee recommended the constitution of statutory autonomous commission at the centre and the 2 status .