Socio-economic and cultural factors affecting gram panchayats activities

Pages: 161-165
Subhash Chander and Satnam Kaur (Department of Sociology, CCS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar)

The concept of Panchayati Raj was developed to ensure people’s participation in the Community Development Programme. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the performance of the Gram Panchayats through 69 formal leaders. Regarding socio-economic and cultural variables and Gram Panchayats activities study reveals that age of the leader is significantly associated with maintenance, forestry and agricultural development while caste variability influenced forestry. Gender variability affected works pertaining to status of panchayat leaders also promoted activities concerning sanitation, maintenance and construction.Regional variabilities found to have conditioned administrative and water supply actions. Chairman’s background also influenced water supply, administrative, construction, sanitation, agricultural and maintenance works in the sampled villages.