A study on impact of district poverty intiative project (DPIP) in empowering the rural women in tikamgarh district (M.P.)
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2014
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Abstract
Empowerment is defined as “giving power to creating power within and enabling is a relative concept which describes a relationship between a powerful people has power over others. Empowerment entails power sharing a change in the balancing of power between people. Therefore empowerment involves negotiation of the balance of power between the more and less
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Empowerment is a multi dimensional process, which should enable people to realize their full identify and power in all spheres of life. Empowering women through better education, economic opportunity and healthcare including family planning is pivotal to world progress, with far-reaching benefits for families, communities and the planet.
The DPIP being implemented in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan is a poverty alleviation program designed to empowerment and women for self development so that the poor create and manage their own development opportunities. The DPIP targets socially and economically disadvantaged groups, particularly the SC/ST households, households migrating out for wage employment, households without proper shelters/ dwellings, women and women headed households. The DPIP programme was launched in the Tikamgarh district since 2001 for the disadvantaged group of people.
For keeping the view the present study was carrying out in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh. “A study on Impact of District Poverty Initiative Project (DPIP) in empowering the rural women of Tikamgarh Block, District Tikamgarh (M.P.)” with the help of following specific objectives:
1. To study the profile of selected women beneficiaries of DPIP.
2. To determine the impact of DPIP in terms of income and employment generation of selected women.
3. To find out the association between independent variables with
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dependent variables beneficiaries of DPIP.
4. To locate the constraints perceived by the women beneficiaries in perceiving the benefits under DPIP.
5. To record their suggestion of women beneficiaries for better implementation of DPIP.
Methodology:
In order to achieve these objectives, the investigation was conducted in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh, because the district has pioneer work under DPIP Since 2001.
The Tikamgarh district comprises of 6 blocks namely Tikamgarh, Niwari, Jatara, Prathvipur, Baldevgarh, and Palera. Out of these Tikamgarh block was selected purposively due to maximum number of women SHGs. carrying out agricultural activities like as vegetable, spices, poultry, seed production and dairy enterprises. Since 13 years under DPIP.
The Tikamgarh block consists of 72 villages in which 6798 beneficiaries were benefited through 737 SHGs under DPIP. Out of which 10 villages were selected on the basis of maximum number of beneficiaries has been benefited. The total 120 women beneficiaries were selected as sample of the study through proportionate random sampling method. The data were collected with help of prestructered interview schedule. These were analyzed by investigator using frequency, percentage, chi-square test and rank order. In order to ascertain relationship between independent and dependent variables, the chi-square was worked out.
Conclusion:
1. To study the profile of selected women:
Maximum of women were from middle age group, Higher of the women other backward class and nuclear family, maximum of the women had illiterate. Most of the women medium mass media exposure, economic motivation, scientific orientation, extension contact, training exposure, and low income category.
2. To determine the impact of DPIP in terms of income and employment generation of selected women:
Maximum number of respondents (47.50%) was engaged in employment; however, they fall in the medium category of employment generation (43 to 85 man days).
As regard to income of respondents were concerned, the maximum number of respondents i.e. 45.83 per cent was earning medium income up to Rs.14, 000.
3. To find out the association between independent variables with dependent variables beneficiaries of DPIP:
Age had non-significant association and influenced the in empowering the rural women, whereas annual income, education, caste, type of family, occupation, economic motivation, scientific orientation, mass media exposure, extension contact, training exposure had significant association with income and employment generation of rural women.
4. To locate the constraints perceived by the women beneficiaries in perceiving the benefits under DPIP:
The major problem reported by the respondents such Illiteracy, Non availability of guiding agency, Lack of training related to agriculture., All members did not attend meeting, Dual role of women, Lack of co- ordination amongst Members, Unaware about the rules of the bank, Less importance to SHG.
5. To record their suggestion of women beneficiaries for better implementation of DPIP:
The important suggestions as offered by the rural women were suggestions like women must be literate, encourage more saving, timely training, co- ordination among the member, women should be right to take decision.