Indian society has undergone great transformation from Vedic, post-Vedic to contemporary times, with fight against rudiments of patriarchal society changing its forms. Indian women have undergone suppression and deliverance. Inclusive and sustainable development calls for an emphasis to be laid on the pillars of health, education and economic empowerment. An educated employed mother is better capable of looking after educational and health needs of family and child and also her own health needs. The paper brings out a percentage decline in maternal deaths viz-za-viz certified total deaths and total female deaths but an increase in both maternal deaths per lakh and maternal deaths due to anemia per lakh of population. Though there has been an increase in employment, yet the pattern of employment is indicative towards casualization and self-employment with skewed wage and salary disparities. Share of educated female workforce has exhibited a decline, with percentage share declining at higher levels of education indicating that majority of the females are engaged in the unorganized sector. It concludes that nation’s level of happiness is most closely associated with health, wealth and provision of education and calls for directed effort towards creating more opportunities for women, generating entrepreneurial skills for their empowerment.

Keywords: Maternal, Health, Educate, Empower, Entrepreneur, Inclusive-Sustainable Growth.