Question

How panchayati raj empowered provide rural women in india?

Answer 1

he paper, tracing the development of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) from Independence provisions relating to the reservations for the weaker sections and particularly women in the 73rd constitutional amendment. Various to the 73rd constitutional amendment of 1993, seeks to analyse and study the studies have been cited to understand to understand the impact of the constitutional amendment on the empowerment of women. It is true that reservation for women in PRIs have opened up huge vistas for their empowerment, particularly women belonging to the weaker sections. However, there are many challenges and issues. Entrenched patriarchal system and mindset, rigid caste divide and rampant caste discrimination in the rural society, massive female illiteracy and female dependence on male have ensured that, by and large, the real levers of power are still in the hands of males. Studies have been cited to show that some of the southern and western states are far more advanced than the northern and some of the eastern states. Bihar, otherwise not so impressive on other parameters, has provided for 50% reservation for women in PRIs and has given a huge impetus to their empowerment. The hurdles, as pointed above, need to be removed on an urgent basis if women are to be really empowered.