Vol. 6, Issue 4 (2018)
Constraints of gram panchayats in village developments after the constitution (73rd amendment) act, 1992
Author(s): Dinesh Rajpurohit, Sharma SK and Ramakant Sharma
Abstract: Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) have always been considered as means to good governance and 73rd Constitutional Amendment was effected in the hope that it would lead to better governance and provide political space to the disadvantaged section of the society like schedule caste, schedule tribes and women. The present study was an effort to know the the constraints of the Gram Panchayats in village development as perceived by the elected members, Govt. officials and local leaders of the Gram Panchayats after enactment of Constitution 73rd Amendment Act. For this study a sample of total 200 respondents comprising of 140 elected members, 50 local leaders and 10 Govt. officials from 10 Gram Panchayats of Jaipur District of Rajasthan was interviewed through Interview Schedule. The findings of the study revealed that the constraints perceived by respondents can be grouped into general, financial, administrative, socio-political, literary, judicial, agricultural and health related categories and each category has specific constraints perceived with different degree of intensity by different category of respondents. Illiteracy among PRI members, absence of clear role of Gram Sabha, insufficient grants, loss of representation of Sarpanches in Panchayat Samities, difficulty in gathering quorum in Gram Sabha, casteism, interference by husbands of women members, lack of schools/library, favouritism, interference by police, short supply of electricity, low ground level of water, shortage of medicines/female nurses at village level etc. were the important constraints emerged as top ranked constraints from amongst their group categories as perceived by different categories of respondents.
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Dinesh Rajpurohit, Sharma SK, Ramakant Sharma. Constraints of gram panchayats in village developments after the constitution (73rd amendment) act, 1992. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(4):789-793.
