“Awareness of mising women towards Panchayati Raj institutions in Jorhat district of Assam: a case study”

Awareness and empowerment of women have been recognized globally in recent time. For progress and development of the society and the nation women must be conscious in all the aspects. For that they must be socio-economically independent, self-reliant, socio-politically aware and conscious. The government of India provides many long term and short term plans and schemes through Panchayat Raj Institutions to the rural people of our country. Due to these plans and schemes provided to the rural people by the government, the socio-economically backward section of the people of rural areas is benefited somehow than before. Missing community is one of the underdeveloped communities in Assam. The Mising community resides in the most flood affected zones of Assam which have pushed them towards more and more poverty and vulnerability. But women belongs to mising community is still in a poor position of awareness particularly in the socio-politically field without which a community or society would not be able to present itself as developed one. In this regard, the investigator tried to find out the state of awareness among the women of Mising community regarding the role of PRI's. Thus the investigator attempt to find out the state of awareness among the women of Mising Community by undertaking a case study of two villages under 93 no Jangeramukh Gaon Panchayat and 92 No Sharpai Gaon Panchayat.