A study on people orientation and motivations of gram Panchayat members in Manipur

Abstract

The study was conducted on 200 Gram Panchayat members in 38 Gram Panchayat of Imphal-East and Bishnupur districts of Manipur. Proportionate random sampling method was followed for selection of the respondents. Interview schedule was the main tools used in the present study to collect data from the respondents. For this purpose, scale developed by Mondal (1991) was used. The results of the findings reveals that total 69 percent of Gram Panchayat members agreed that Gram Panchayats in Manipur were highly people oriented organization. And also the mean scores of the three motivations of Gram Panchayat members were found to be differ significantly and the mean score of ‘need for power’ motivation (mean score 25.04) of Gram Panchayat members was found to be highest for working in Gram Panchayat.