Constraints faced Panchayat Members in Relation to Agricultural Development Programs in Ujjain District (M.P.)

Abstract

In india Panchayati Raj now functions as a system of governance in which Gram Panchayats are 
the basic units of local administration. The system has three levels: Gram Panchayat (village level), Mandal 
Parishad or Block Samiti or Panchayat Samiti (block level), and Zila Parishad (district level). Panchayat Raj 
has come to be related with two broad images. First, it is a government by itself and second it is an agency of 
the state government. In the integrated exercise of planning for social and economic development, co
ordinate roles, the present set up is a three-tier representative structure of government where the 
administrators, elected leaders and local population participate in the developmental effort. In this regard 
the members of Panchyat faced many problems there this study confront the constrains faced by members 
and suggestions to overcome them with 120 sample unit of Ujjain district. The major finding was obtained in 
this study that the most serious constraint perceived by the Gram Panchayat Members during agriculture 
development programmes was Insufficient use of communication media  (85.83%) as it was perceived to the 
highest extent by gram Panchayat Members with major suggestion of them Properly and timely use of 
communication media.