study on perception of youth leaders towards village community development

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FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORK

THE MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY

OF BARODA

STUDY ON PERCEPTION OF

YOUTH LEADERS TOWARDS

VILLAGE/COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT

NAME : PRIYANK R SHUKLA

AGENCY : SVADES

TERM : 2ND TERM

CLASS : JR. MHRM

SUPERVISOR : MRS. DIVYA DIXIT MADAM

PREFACE:


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The reason for taking this study was that being a part of SVADES (Society for Village

Development in Petrochemical area) I as a Human Resource student wanted to know

what the Youth Leaders in different villages in the nearby petrochemical area thinks

about the development of their village.

As we know Youth Leadership is the buzz word in todays developmental sphere that weare living in. It becomes utmost important to know the perception these youth leaders are

carrying with them in a process of doing development for their village. This study is the

result of willingness to know about the same.

This idea was germinated in me by my college supervisor Mrs. Divya Dixit Madam. She

was the one who guided me throughout the process of this study and without whom the

study would not have seen the light of the day.

The aim of this study is to know about the Perception that Youth Leaders (Youth

Sarpanch) are carrying with them for doing the developmental work in their village. Its

about understanding the knowledge of these youth leaders for the development of village.

The foundation for this study was laid down when Divya Dixit madam first gave me the

idea of doing this study after my mid-term examination (i.e after 27.2.2012). I went to the

agency and visited certain villages to find out the Sarpanch who are below 40 years of

age. I also took help of Mr Devendra sir, Rajubhai, Kantibhai and Parvat singh and

found out that there are total 4 villages whose Sarpanchs are below 40 years of age.

Next I interacted with those sarpanchs and collected the information that I needed for

the purpose of this study. I acknowledge the contribution of each and every person who

has guided me in the process of this study and thank them for helping me in conducting

the study.

PRIYANK SHUKLA

JR. MHRM (2011-13)

Leadership


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What is leadership? It is a process by which one person influences the thoughts, attitudes, and

behaviours of others.

Leaders set a direction for the rest of us; they help us see what lies ahead; they help us visualize

what we might achieve; they encourage us and inspire us. Without leadership a group of

human beings quickly degenerates into argument and conflict, because we see things in

different ways and lean toward different solutions.

Leadership helps to point us in the same direction and harness our efforts jointly. Leadership is

the ability to get other people to do something significant that they might not otherwise do.

Its energizing people toward a goal.

Importance of Leadership:

Few things are more important to human activity than leadership. Effective leadership helps

our nation through times of peril. It makes a business organization successful. It enables a not-

for-profit organization to fulfill its mission.

The effective leadership of parents enables children to grow strong and healthy and become

productive adults. The absence of leadership is equally dramatic in its effects. Without

leadership, organizations move too slowly, stagnate, and lose their way. Much of the literature

about organizations stresses decision-making and implies that if decision-making is timely,

complete, and correct, then things will go well. Yet a decision by itself changes nothing.

After a decision is made, an organization faces the problem of implementationhow to get

things done in a timely and effective way. Problems of implementation are really issues about

how leaders influence behaviour, change the course of events, and overcome resistance.

Leadership is crucial in implementing decisions successfully. Each of us recognizes the

importance of leadership when we vote for our political leaders. We realize that it matters who

is in office, so we participate in a contest, an election, to choose the best candidate. Investors

recognize the importance of business leadership when they say that a good leader can make a

success of a weak business plan, but that a poor leader can ruin even the best plan.

Leadership required for rural management:

Having a vision about what can be accomplished.

Making a commitment to the mission and to the people you lead.

Taking responsibility for the accomplishment of the mission and the welfare of those

you lead.

Implementing the commitments made to your people.

Listening to issues of your people and taking actions to overcome those issues. Building trust and confidence among your people.


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Accepting recognition for success.

YOUTH LEADERSHIP:

The role of youth is of most importance in todays time. It has underplayed itself in field of

politics. It should become aspiring entrepreneur rather than mere workers. Young participation

is important because youth are the countrys power. Youth recognize problems and can solve

them. Youth are strong forces in social movements. They educate children about their rights.

They help other young people attain a higher level of Intellectual ability and to become

qualified adults. Youth Leadership in the village area can do wonders for the village given the

foresightedness and skills youths carry with themselves.

Youth leadership has been elaborated upon as a theory of youth development in which young

people gain skills and knowledge necessary to lead civic engagement, education reform and

community organizing activities. Countless programs around the world seek to teach young

people particular skills associated with leadership, particularly those programs associate with

youth empowerment.

Importance of Youth Leadership:

Youth leadership in India is needed for bringing revolution in Indian economy, management,

Industry, society and politics. Once youth leadership will set up, it may possible that all slow

work will become fast. Youth leadership will also provide new way of achievement from

useful idea. But presented problem is that no one wants to give change to youth for becoming

leader. They think youths can take wrong action in their zeal which may harmful for

development of India.

The need for the youth leadership can be felt most in the rural sector, where people are not

much literate and still believes in past customs which hinders their growth as a whole. A good

youth leader in the villages will drive the village on the path of development by fulfilling the

most basic needs of the people and introducing the system of education in them. Youth leaderswill also make sure that people of their village gets proper employment for which various

vocational training will also be given. Thus the importance of youth leadership prevails very

significantly in todays world where things are changing rapidly.

OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS:

1. Youth:


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Here, Youth means a person between the age of 18 to 40 years.

2. Youth Leaders:

Youth Leaders in this study are Sarpanchs of the villages or a member of Panchayat of the

particular village who falls under the age bracket of 18 to 40 years.

3. Perception:

Perception is the process of attaining understanding of the environment by organizing and

interpreting sensory information. Here Perception refers to the way Youth Leader looks

towards the development of the village.

4. Village:

The residence in which youth leader stays from whom the data is collected for the purpose of

the study is village.

5. Development:

Act of improving the quality of life of people staying in the village by expanding, enlarging or

refining.

6. RESPONDENTS:

Mitulbhai Patel Undera Village

Manishaben Sharma Bajwa Village

Mitesh Patel Koyli Village

Hansaben Gohil Angadh Village


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FINDINGS:

What is village?

All the youth leader knew answer to this question, though their interpretation of it was

different. But they all said what was expected, that means they had a fair understanding of whatvillage is, which is important to do any developmental work in the village.

Following answers were given to the above questions.

Undera : Village is a group of houses in a community located in rural area.

Bajwa : Small group of people having a rural area.

Koyli : Group of people living in a locality which is smaller than town.

Angadh : Group of people living in a area smaller than town.

Population of Village (2001 cencus):

Name of Village Total Male Female

Undera 12500(approx.) 6000(approx.) 6500(approx.)

Bajwa 9152 - -

Koyli 7000 - -

Angadh 20000 11500(approx.) 8500(approx.)

Developments Required in the villages:

Name of Village Developments Priority

Undera

Roads Low

Drainage Line High

Water Facilities Medium

Bajwa

Drainage Facilities Low

Safety Training High

Safe Water Medium

Koyli Drainage Facility High

Internet connectivity Low

Angadh

Banks Medium

Drainage Medium

Safe water High


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What are you doing for the development of your village?

Undera : Make proper use of Grant that village gets for the development

Bajwa : Implementing Government Schemes, Officers meeting in the village (MPs

came here and discussed with DDO for development of village).

Koyli : Implementing Government Schemes.

Angadh : Trying to create resources to implement various schemes.

Government Schemes being Implemented and Knowledge of Other

Government Schemes in the villages:

Name of Village Government Schemes

Implemented

Knowledge of other

Government Schemes

Undera

NREGA

---Indira Aawas

Sardar Aawas

Bajwa

NREGA

---Indira Aawas

Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojna

Koyli NREGA Swarnajayanti GramSwarojgar YojnaIndira Aawas

Angadh

NREGA

Basic Minimum

ServicesIndira Aawas

Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojna

Barriers faced in Implementing above Schemes:

Undera : Man/Workers not available for developmental work to carry on.

Bajwa : Government gives less amount to youths under these schemes, so youths are

not willing to take the benefit. E.g NREGA = 50Rs/Day, while RIL = 200 Rs/Day.

Koyli : As a result of corruption at higher level, grants doesnot reach to the village.

Angadh : Grants do not reach to Panchayat.

Motivation behind development:


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Undera : To give back to the community

Bajwa : To do something for the society, as they have elected me

Koyli : Giving back to the society

Angadh : Development of people

Youth Leaders Perception on following situations of village (Very Good,

Good, Satisfactory, Bad):

Situations Undera Bajwa Koyli Angadh

Cost of Living Satisfactory Satisfactory Satisfactory Satisfactory

Safety of people Satisfactory Bad Good Satisfactory

Social Life Good Satisfactory Good Satisfactory

Environment Bad Satisfactory Good BadPollution Satisfactory Satisfactory Satisfactory Bad

Traffic Satisfactory Bad Good Satisfactory

Public Transportation Good Good Very Good Good

Schools Good Good Good Good

Inadequate Services in the Villages:

Services Undera Bajwa Koyli Angadh

Hospitals & Health Services Primary Schools

High Schools

Postal Services

Public Transportation

Pharmacies

Internet Facilities

Banks

Recretional & Extra-curricular

activities


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CONCLUSIONS:

The least what we can accept from the youth leaders of villages is that they atleast

know what Village is or the difference between village and town. Here all the leaders

knew what the Village means though their interpretation about the same was different.

Sarpanchs of Bajwa & Koyli didt knew the bifurcation of total population in Male &

Female. While other Leader of other two village told me the approximate numbers ofMale & Female population in their village.

According to Underas Sarpanch i.e Mitulbhai Patel, development required in Undera

Village is Proper roads, Drainage Facilities and Drinking Water facilities.

Mrs. Manishaben Sharma believes that in his village i.e Bajwa, Safety training should

be given High priority than drainage facilities and safe water because of the fact that

there are many petrochemicals company surrounding the village and youth needs to be

given training regarding Safety in case of emergencies.

Koyli also needs proper drainage facility.

In Angadh Village, Hansaben thinks that there is a problem of Safe drinking water, and

it is their major focus area for the development of the village. Apart from safe drinking

water Angadh also needs more banks in the village.

For the development of village all the sarpanchs are implementing the governmentschemes available and making proper use of the grant that they receive. In bajwa, they

have also called an meeting of high officials like DDO & MPs to look after the issues

of the village.

Youth leaders are aware about many government schemes and are trying their level best

to implement the schemes which are in their knowledge. But more efforts are needed to

create awareness among these youth leaders regarding the available government

schemes. There are many such government schemes announced by the government

which these leaders are not even aware about. So that awareness needs to be spread.


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These leaders perceive that there is a big obstacle of corruption which is stopping them

to make further development for the village. This corruption prevails in the form of not

getting the intended grant on time, and when they do get the grants, only half of the

amount reaches to them.

ANNEXURE:

STUDY ON PERCEPTION OF YOUTH LEADERS TOWARDS

VILLAGE/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

(A) PERSONAL INFORMATION:

1. NAME:

2. AGE:

3. SEX:

4. VILLAGE: TALUKA: DIST:

5. EDUCATION BACKGROUND:

6. OCCUPATION:

7. CATEGORY:

(B) GENERAL INFORMATION:

1. What according to you is Village?

2. What is the approximate population of your village?

MALE:

FEMALE:

3. Which developments are required in your village?


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4. What are you doing for the development of your village?

5. Which are the government schemes being implemented in your

village?

6. Which are the other Government Schemes that you are aware

about?

7. What barriers do you face in implementing the government

schemes?

8. What is the main motivation for you behind the development of

the village?

9. On a scale of 1-10, how would you consider the current situation of

your village with respect to the following aspects?

(Rate each statement with Good or Very Good, Satisfactory or

Bad)

The cost of living: _______

Safety of the people and territory: _______

Social life: _______

The environment where children are growing: _______


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Pollution: _______

Traffic: _______

Road links and means of public transportation: _______

Schools: _______

10. In your village, which of the following services provided do youconsider inadequate?

(You may tick more than one answer):

Hospital Cares And Health Services

Primary And Middle Schools

High Schools/Universities

Postal Services

Public Transportation

Pharmacies

Internet And Telecommunication Services

Banks And Insurance Companies

Recreational And Extra-Curricular Activities(Theatres/Sports/Libraries Etc.)

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