PERSONAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF WOMEN MEMBER OF PANCHAYAT RAJ INSTITUTIONS (PRIs)

P.S. KANASE¹, R.B. KALAMKAR²*, S.P. GAIKWAD³, K.V. CHORGE^4
1RCSMC College of Agri-Business Management, Sangli, 416415, Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 415712, Maharashtra, India
²College of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, Baramati, 413102, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, Maharashtra, India
³College of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, Baramati, 413102, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, Maharashtra, India
⁴Retired Extension Training Officer, Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 415712, India
* Corresponding Author : kalamkarrb2016@gmail.com

Received : 30-05-2020     Accepted : 13-06-2020     Published : 15-06-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 11       Pages : 9912 - 9914
Int J Agr Sci 12.11 (2020):9912-9914

Keywords : Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs), Socio economic profile
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to RCSMC College of Agri-Business Management, Sangli, 416415, Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 415712, Maharashtra, India. Authors are also thankful to College of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, Baramati, 413102, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413722, Maharashtra, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study was conducted in Ratnagiri district. In all, 112 PRI woman members were selected from four Panchayat Samities, five Gram panchayats from each selected Panchayat Samiti and Ratnagiri Zilla Parishad on the basis of maximum number of woman members. The personal and socio-economic characteristics namely age, education, land holding, annual income, major occupation, official position, tenure of work, cosmopoliteness, extension contact, organizational participation, interest in public work and political awareness of the respondents were considered as the independent variables. They were interviewed with the help of a specially designed interview schedule. An interview schedule was prepared in Marathi to collect the information in line with the objective of the study. Collected data were processed and tabulated by using simple frequency, and the parameters like percentage, mean and standard deviation, as well as, the correlation and regression coefficient were used. It was observed that majority of the respondents were from ‘middle’ age group with educational level of 10th standard, had ‘marginal’ land holding, ‘medium’ annual income, ‘farming’ as their major family occupation. Majority were ‘member’ of PRI with ‘medium’ tenure of work, cosmopoliteness, extension contact and organizational participation. Majority of the respondents had ‘high’ interest in public work and ‘medium’ political awareness.

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