International Journal of Social Science Research (IJSSR)

Participation and Discussion of Women Leaders in Panchayath Raj Institutions – A Study of Telangana State

The main of this paper is to know the periodicity and frequency of attending general body meetings of PRI by women leaders, their participation and discussion and topics discussed on the issues in general body meetings of Gram Sabhas. The researcher collected the data using an interview schedule from three revenue divisions of Mahabubnagar district (Mahabubnagar, Nagarkurnool and Narayanpet). The findings of the study shows that most of the women leader know about the General Body (GB) meetings, which are held once in about three months. According to them, they frequently attend the meetings, participate in the GB meetings & discuss on various issues. The major discussions held at the meetings are on providing drinking water, hygiene, education & Mid-day meal programme, public sanitation, construction of CC roads & buildings, rural electrification, etc. The decisions taken at the meetings are with the consensus of the majority of the members present at the time of meetings. It concludes that due to implementation of the reservation system and being implemented at rural level under 73rd CAA, in order to make Indian women more vibrant and participatory on large scale the reservations system should be extended to all the legislative bodies from rural to national.