A review of training needs of rural women of Sriganganagar District for their economic upgradation through income generating activities

The purpose of the study were to determine the extent of training need of rural women participating in IGAs and to relate the training need with their selected characteristics. Data were collected from 105 respondents of ten villages of Sriganganagar district through interview schedule. Most of the respondents were in high need of training for their better performance and participation in IGAs. The relationships between their characteristics and training need were tested by computing the co-efficient of correlation. Education, farm size, participation in IGAs and credit received were found positively correlated with their training need whereas age of the respondents showed negative significant relationship with their extent of training need.