Anuradha Ranjan Kumari*, Satendra Kumar1, Laxmi Kant2 and Ravindra Kumar2
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (IIVR) Malhana, Deoria, UP.INDIA
1Department of Soil Science, S.V.P.U.A.&T, Modipuram, Meerut-250110
2Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Rampur, UP
Email- anuradha_rau@rediffmail.com
Received-03.04.2015, Revised-23.04.2015
Abstract: The present study was an effort to know the extent of Participation of elected women Panchayat Samiti members in Panchayati Raj Institution. A total 23 women representative’s randomly selected from Pusa & Kalyanpur Block of Samastipur district in Bihar. In which 40 villages were selected from these two selected block (20 villages from each block). A schedule was used to collect the data by personal interview method. In order to determine the condition governing the extent of Participation of elected women Panchayat Samiti members, the data were subjected to multiple correlation regression and Path analysis. Participation was taken as dependent variable. The findings revealed that maximum 21.73 Percent of EWPSMs were “always” participated with regard to health, welfare and development followed by 17.39 percent of respondents were participated to construction, repair and maintenance and only 8.69 percent of respondents were with regard to poverty alleviation related activities. Maximum 8 respondents performed supervisory duty three times for road construction work. The association of participation by EWPSMs in Panahayati Raj was positively and significantly correlated with marital status, family income, interaction style, developmental constraints and size of land holding at 1 percent level of probability. The t – value of only marital status was positive and significant at 5 percent level of probability. The direct effect of independent variables on participation was substantial in case of Personal Education, Marital Status, Knowledge, Size of Land Holding, Interaction Style, Development Constraints, Caste, Social Linkage, Occupation, Family Size, Family Education House Type, Family Income and Material Possession.
Keywords: Participation, Panchayat Samiti members, Elected women, Panchayati Raj Institution
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