Knowledge level of heads of panchayat raj institutions about agricultural development programmes

Abstract

The present study was conducted in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. All nine tahsils of Ratnagiri district were selected for the study. Ten Grampanchayat were selected by random sampling method from each of tahsils of Ratnagiri district. Considering the objectives and other aspects of the study, it was decided to study the heads of Panchayat Raj Institutions currently working in the office. Thus, one President of Zilla Parishad, Nine Panchayat Samiti Sabhapati and Ninety Gram Panchayat Sarpanch were the respondents for the study. The data were collected with the help of structured interview schedule. Personal technique was used for data collection. Thus the total sample size was 100.