The progress and all round development of a country depends upon harnessing theskills and abilities of all sections of society regardless of caste, creed, religion and sex.Women have been discriminated against for ages and they have not been given equalopportunities in many social, economic and cultural spheres. If we do not involvewomen in development activities, it not merely obstructs their own development butalso affects the progress of the entire nation. The status of women could be the bestindicator of a nation's progress.Asthana (1974) endorses this view when she says; "the position of women in society isthe true index of its cultural and spiritual attainments". According to Sengupta"women's role in the various walks of life has contributed to the evolution of valueswhich have counted for what may be described as all-round progress. Her status is themeasuring rod in assessing the standard of culture of any age." Hence for the economicand social growth and development of the nation and community the complementaryroles of women and men is highly presses upon.