Benefits gained by the rural women of Udaipur from Rashtriya Krishi Beema Yojana

The study was conducted in the Udaipur district of Rajasthan to find the knowledge and benefits gained by rural women from Rashtriya Krishi Beema Yojana (RKBY) and problems faced by them in gaining benefits of the scheme. A sample of 100 rural women was selected randomly for the present study from four villages namely Dhar, Kathar, Madar and Mathatha from the Badgaon panchayat samiti of Udaipur, Rajasthan. Personal interview method was used for data collection. Frequencies, percentage, means percent scores and mean weighted scores were used for analysis of the data. Findings reveal that the respondents possessed average knowledge about RKBY with the MPS of 38.54. Regarding the benefit of RKBYgained bytherural women, it was found that thebenefit ofscheme wasgained onlyby2 per cent oftherespondents. Study of problems experienced by rural women in gaining benefits of the RKBY revealed that the respondents faced the problems of unavailability of benefit on time to large extent with MPS 3.