Women s Perception About Development Programmes and Their Participation

Abstract

The study was conducted in the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad of newlineKarnataka State during 2018-19. Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are the newlinemost disadvantaged groups of the Indian society due to socio-historical and geographical newlineisolation and they were treated as untouchables and were low in caste hierarchy. To bring newlinethem into mainstream the government introduced several programmes for the social, newlineeconomic and political upliftment. In the present study, SC/ST development programmes newlinesuch considered were Self-Employment Programme (SEP), Micro Credit Scheme (MCS) and newlineLand Purchasing Scheme (LPS). newlineSamples were drawn from Dharwad, Gadag and Belagavi districts of Karnataka State. newlineFrom each district, two Talukas were randomly selected and from each Taluka 3-4 villages newlinewere selected based on the availability of the beneficiaries. Thus total sample constitutes four newlinehundred fifty women beneficiaries of SEP (200), MCS (200) and LPS (50). The data collected newlineon participation, benefit availed, empowerment, problems and suggestions about development newlineprogrammes with the help of self structured pre-tested interview schedule. newlineResults of the study revealed that, 50.50 per cent of women beneficiaries were newlinebelonged to high level of overall perception of SEP followed by medium level of perception. newlinewhere as in MCS 91.00 per cent of women and in LPS 98.00 per cent of women beneficiaries newlinehad medium level of perception. The over all index was found to be 67.34 in SEP, 58.73 in newlineMCS and 52.43 in LPS. The results on level of participation in the programme showed as, d newline90.50 per cent of participation in SEP, 78.50 per cent in MCS and 56.00 per cent of newlineparticipation was found in LPS programmes. The overall participation index found to the newlineextent of 76.76 per cent in SEP, 77.30 per cent in MCS and 66.14 per cent in LPS newlineprogramme. With regard to empowerment of beneficiaries, 41.50 per cent were empowered in newlineSEP programme, 84.00 per cent were empowered in MCS and 54.00 per cent were newlineempowered in LPS programme. The ove