The Mahila Samakhya (MS) Programme was initiated in 1987-89, for the education and empowerment of women in rural areas, particularly of women from socially and economically marginalized groups. The current paper draws the importance of this program and elucidates the measures which government has taken to empower women. The paper focuses on one of the most populated states of the country Uttar Pradesh and shares its success stories of the state. The paper further draws the objectives of the program and highlights the changes that are brought by this program in the life of the women.