Age and education affecting the awareness about women reservation in panchayati raj of Haryana

Pages: 133-135
Sunil Kumar and Subhash Chander (Department of Sociology, CCS, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)

Panchayats have been the backbone of the Indian villages since the beginning of the recorded history. Gandhi’s dream of every village being a republic or Panchayats having powers has been translated into reality with the introduction of three-tier system to enlist people’s participation in rural reconstruction. 24th April, 1993 was a landmark day in the history of Panchayati Raj in India as on this day the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 came into force to provide constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj institutions. The study was conducted in Haryana state. The sample of 200 women respondents was selected from four villages of Fatehabad district through systematic random sampling techniques. The socio-economic profile of respondents indicates that maximum number of the respondents hailed from young age group, illiterate or less educated. Age and education of the respondents were found highly significantly associated with level of awareness regarding women reservation in panchayati raj.