Volume : III, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

Empowerment of Rural Women through the Activities of Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal

Damodhar Pooja, Dr. M. K. Rathod

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The present study was conducted in Nagpur district of Vidarbha region, Maharashtra State, with sample size of 120 women respondents from of 12 villages. The data regarding the activities of Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM) and empowerment of rural women with the help of these activities were collected using pre–tested interview schedule. Majority of respondents performing the activities were thrift activity (51.66%), record maintenance (45.83%), grading and packaging (42.50%), sale of produce (33.33%) and goat keeping (29.16%).Due to the participation in MAVIM activities the overall empowerment of majority rural women (58.33%) were found to be high. Out of 10 independent variables education, caste, land holding, family income were significantly correlated in explaining overall empowerment, at 0.01 level of probability. Similarly variable family occupation is also significant in explaining overall empowerment at 0.05 level of probability.  

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Damodhar Pooja, Dr. M. K. Rathod Empowerment of Rural Women through the Activities of Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VIII August 2013

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