Psychological Problems Affecting Awareness of Rural Women about Reservation for Women in Panchayati Raj of Haryana

The Panchayati Raj system is best suited for developmental and admmistiative requirements of rural population and society because of wide vairation in the nature of local problems. It is an inexpensive form of local self-government, which can suitably identify the local problems and issues, particularly of the poor and weaker sections of society, like scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, small, marginal and landless farmers, women and backward classes. The study was conducted in Fatehabad district of Haryana state which was selected purposively. Out of 6 blocks in Fatehabad district, two blocks, namely, Fatehabad, and Ratia were selected randomly. Two villages, namely, Badopal, and Dhanger were selected from Fatehabad block and other two villages, namely Hasanga and Raipur were selected from Ratia block randomly. From each village; fifty respondents were selected randomly. The psychological problems and the level of awareness of the respondents were found highly significantly associated.