Performance of panchayati raj institutions members in indira awaas yojana scheme

Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) have three tier systems with governmental powers. To fulfil the housing needs of rural people, government launched Indira Awaas Yojana scheme in which house and land are provided to the below poverty line landless people in order to improve the quality of life. PRIs play a vital role in implementation and monitoring of IAY scheme so it was felt necessary to assess the knowledge of PRI members about the scheme and their performance. A descriptive research design was used in four districts with two blocks in each district and three villages from each block were selected randomly. A sample of 184 elected PRI members was selected which consisted of 40 Zilla Parishad, 48 Panchayat Samiti and 96 Gram Panchayat members. The data were collected by using self-structured interview schedule and was analyzed by using frequency, percentage and mean score. It was found that less than 36 per cent of PRI members knew about different aspects of the scheme. Nearly one third of PRI members were knowledgeable about the role of PRI members in implementation and monitoring of IAY scheme. Majority of the PRI members who were knowledgeable about their expected roles were always performing their roles. The percentage of Panchayat Samiti members was higher than Zilla Parishad and Gram Panchayat in performing their respective roles.