Srinagar, June 15 -- In the last few years, there has been a great change in how people view the empowerment of women in India. One of the main shifts has been that women are no longer seen just as recipients of welfare benefits but increasingly are being seen as contributors or leaders of national development.Traditionally, government programmes that were designed to support and assist women focused on welfare since women were viewed as passive recipients. The more current approach reveals that providing welfare benefits to women is not enough; providing opportunities for women to contribute positively to the economic growth of our country, participate in governance in an innovative way, and assist in the development of our country must ...