Political empowerment of women through panchayat Raj in India

The study attempt to identify the women empowerment through panchayat raj program. This paper is based on secondary data and some observation in channagiri taluk. The educated Indian women have go to a long way to achieve equal rights and position because liadilions are deep rooted in Indian society where the sociological set up as been a male dominated one. She as competed with man and successfully stood up with him in every walk of life and business is no exception for this. Women leaders are assertive, persuasive and willing to take risks. 1993 amendment was a landmark day in the history of panchayati raj in India as on this day the institution of panchayati raj was accorded constitutional status through the seventy-third constitutional amendment act, 1992, there by seeking to transform Mahatma Gandhi's dream of Grama swaraj into reality.“To awaken the people, it is women who must be awakened; once she is on the move, the family moves, the village moves, and the nation move”. By NEHRU.