Extent of Media Use by Women Members of PRIs for Seeking Information on Rural Development

Abstract

After seventy two years of independence, rural women are still ignorant about many activities of their day to day life. As per the 73 rd constitutional amendment, 33 per cent seats are reserved for women in Panchayat Raj Institution. The Ashok Mehta Committee Report (1978) stressed the importance of role of women in decision making in development.In fact, for the first time, the Committee with all the women member of the zillha parishad represented on it, so as to enable the women to make the decisions themselves on priorities and choices in welfare and development programmes meant for women and children. Many developmental programmes are being launched by government and non-government organization for rural people. Hence, there is an urgent need to diffuse the useful technical