Assit. Profssor,
Grama Panchayats are most powerful foundation of decentralized government at the village level and constitute the lowest tier of the reformed and re-institutionalized Panchayat Raj System. The important milestones is democratic decentralization process are the 73rd and 74th of the Indian constitution in 1992. As result of the 73rd amendment Panchayat Raj Institutions gained constitutional status and came to be regarded as the three tier of governance consisting of Zilla Panchayats [ZP] at the distric level, Taluk Panchayats [TP] at the taluk level, and Gram Panchayats [GP] at village level. The 73rd constitution Amendment Act has made an effort to give some special powers to women in all the three tiers of Panchayat Raj it is argued that [women have acquired some improvement in their social and economic life.] social and economic status of women could improve with political power. The 73rd Amendment aims at provide the reservation of one-third of all seats for women as well as one-third the posts of president and vice president. Provisions were also made for the reservation of seats for women belonging to other disadvantaged sections of the population, such as scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward castes, is therefore, a bold step towards the empowerment of women. The New Panchayat Raj System is a part of the effort to empower the women at-least in their life.
The present paper considers the electoral process, socio-economic background of the women leaders, their performance and also highlights people's perception towards these women [The Study Conducted]. Based on empirical fieldwork the data is collected in the Grama Panchayats of Hosakote Taluk, Bangalore rural district, Karnataka.
