Women are empowered through the third Millennium Development Goal. The empowerment of women has been behind the target rate despite strong efforts. Marital status responsibility cannot be contested because it plays a significant function in the life of Indian women. Marriage is seen as a major social event in India and is to be transmitted across generations of traditional beliefs. In Orthodox society, therefore, lone women (unmarried/widowed/divorced/separated) are disrespectful in anticipation of rebellion. In this kind of society again, the majority of Indian women are dissuaded from choosing work, hence marriage is the only choice. The lives of Indian women are therefore expected to rotate around their married status, which can have some effect on their empowerment levels. This study assesses the impact of marital status on women’s empowerment, investigates potential explanations, if any, for differences in empowerment, and proposes a solution to eradicate this gap. With the exception of married women, all lonely women show a painfully poor capacity and cannot participate in family decisions, while they are entitled to keep the money for themselves and to freedom of mobility. Thus the marriage in India, especially for women to live a meaningful life, is considered one of the compelling social events. For every woman marriage has traditionally become virtually fundamental; consequently, in Indian society, lonely women1 are less widely welcomed. Therefore, they are subjected more or less to social insolence. In the culture, the most unwanted sect is among lone women, divorced or separated, for according to Hindu ideology, marriage is a holy union that is fashionable for only procreation and continuation of the family lines. It cannot be dissolved for personal reasons by divorce or by any other method. Lone women are often less respected and subjected to physical and emotional abuse in society. Often they lack the confidence to push them back from the mainstream development process as a result of this suppression. In neo-liberal India, economic progress and social development is a national objective, especially for equality between men and women. In order to eliminate gender inequalities, the Indian Government has taken numerous initiatives aimed at boosting women’s status and improving their position. To some extent, these initiatives succeed in changing the attitude of society to women, but not in overcoming the effects of married status. Positive campaigns can persuade or contribute to a transformation of society’s perspective of lonely women (unmarried, widowed, divorced, and separated). If this problem is addressed root-based when establishing policies and programs for women, only because mainstream gender policies are seldom reached in households will it be able to reach the Third Millennium target? Therefore, the concerns of lonely women and married women should be addressed instead of seeing women as a separate category. The empowerment of single women together with married women can aid the growth of women in general (staying with their husbands).