Constraints perceived by respondents of women regarding women empowerment schemes in Bikaner district of Rajasthan

Women empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social, educational, gender or economic strength of individuals and communities of women. Policies on Women empowerment exist at the national, state and local (Panchayat) levels in many sectors, including health, education, economic opportunities, and gender based violence and political participation. Hence the Govt. of India launched many schemes especially for women and the constraints faced by them in gaining the benefits of the selected schemes. The study was conducted in both rural and urban area. For rural area out of nine Panchayat samiti Bikaner Panchayat samiti was selected, from Bikaner one gram Panchayat namely Husangsar was selected and two villages namely Husangsar and Nagasar were selected. For urban area out of two zones i.e. (east and west) two wards namely ward no. 58 (east zone) and ward no. 39 (west zone). Thirty respondents were selected from each village and each ward thus selecting 120 respondents. The first rank was obtained by the constraint difficulties in identifying the actual beneficiaries with overall mean of 0.88 per cent, with overall mean of 0.80 per cent influence of middle man attained the second most felt constraint by the respondents in the study area. Lack of leadership in women beneficiaries was supported by 72.50 per cent of the respondents and it was marked as the third major constraint with 0.73 per cent overall mean value by the respondents.