SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PANCHAYAT LEADERS

P. SHRIVASTAVA¹*, A. VERMA^2
1Assistant Registrar-Legal, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
²Institute of Agri Business Management, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : prasantdgg@gmail.com

Received : 05-01-2021     Accepted : 26-01-2021     Published : 30-01-2021
Volume : 13     Issue : 1       Pages : 10596 - 10599
Int J Agr Sci 13.1 (2021):10596-10599

Keywords : Socio-Economic Characteristics, Panchayat Leaders
Academic Editor : Minakshi Meshram, Shripad Bhat, Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra, Dr Dipak Nath
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

A good deal of work in establishing closer linkage between research and extension has been done in the last few years. The result of painstaking efforts of research scientists have been carried to the farmers by an army of more than 70,000 village extension workers in the major states where professional agricultural extension system is functioning. The concept of leadership has undergone considerable change as research in this area of study progressed. Leadership was considered at one time to be a set of traits handed down chiefly through heredity from one person to another. In some societies the political leadership controls the economy; significant influence is exercised by them in the direction and rate in which changes take place in society. Secondary data in the form of published literature like journals, magazines, thesis, books etc were scanned to collect and review the available literature. The study showed that occupation is another important determining factor of rural leadership. It is through their occupation that the contestants come into touch with and influence the voters. Agriculture being the predominant occupation in rural areas, it is found that agriculturists are in a majority in power positions. The probable reason for annual incomes of panchayat leaders being on the upper side may be that, the leaders are generally elected from upper socio-economic strata of the society and also that contesting election even at panchayat levels entails considerable expenses which may be beyond the capacity of an ordinary rural person. The proposition that leaders in general belong to the upper socio-economic strata of the society also holds true when the size of land holding of panchayat leaders is analysed. Land holding is an important criterion which has contributed as a critical parameter in governing rural leadership. Janpad and jila panchayat leaders represents a larger constituency as compared to gram panchayat leaders. Comparatively more election expenditure is incurred by janpad and jila panchayat leaders owing to the wider area they represent and this could have been possible only if they belonged to upper socio-economic status category

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