Socio-Technological Empowerment of Rural Households Through Community Radio Stations

A study was taken up to assess the impact of community radio stations on rural households in terms of socio-technological empowerment. Three community radios operational each under State Agricultural University (SAU), Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) and Non-Government Organization (NGO) were studied. The community radio stations namely Pantnagar Janvani (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology), Pravara (KVK, Ahmednagar) and Yeralavani (Yerala Projects Society, Sangli) were selected purposively. The study revealed that a majority of the respondents (69.17%) were observed in the category of medium level of empowerment followed by high (12.50%) and low (11.67%) level of empowerment. Furthermore, 3.33 per cent respondents each were observed in the category of very low and very high level of empowerment, respectively.