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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.)