Women Empowerment:

Work done in Bihar related to Women empowerment:

Bihar Panchayati Raj Ordinance, 2006: Bihar was the first state to
implement 50% reservation for women at all the three levels of the
Panchayati Raj System. As per the Ministry of Panchayati raj (MoPR) total
national elected representative are 36.75% of the total elected
representative in PRIs. However, in Bihar the total representative is around
50%.

35 per cent seats in police recruitment in the state, from the rank of
constables to Deputy Superintendent of Police

Women would have half the share in the state-run Cooperative Milk
Federation and more than 22 cooperative societies.
Below tables shows the % of elected women representatives:

Women representation in State Assemblies is highest with India with 15% on

contrary to the national average of 8%.
Below table, shows the stat for women representatives in state Panchayat. Women
representation in Bihar is well above the national average of 46.7%.

Benefits from Women participation in Panchayat and other local bodies:

Greater say in decision making and planning for the benefits of village. It
has certainly given women more confidence of doing anything.
Rekha Singh is the head of Langurav Belandpur village. One of the
first things she did after winning the election last year was to assemble a
team of women to run a gas plant for the government cold storage.
Anjum Ara, Deputy Sarpanch, Salimabad Village: "Earlier the women
would not raise their voices. Now they inundate me with their problems.

Many Bihar government schemes are handled by Panchayat bodies. A major

participation by women in local bodies may help certainly help women
more. The major schemes in which Panchayat play a major role are :

Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojna

Indira Aawas Yojna
Basic Minimum Services
Mukhya Mantri Nari Shakti Yojana
It has been designed to provide access to financial and technical
resources through Block Level Cooperative Societies to SHGs. It is
based on members' demand based on participatory micro
planning. The amount that is provided at the rate of Rs. 20,000/per SHG is not sufficient for removing poverty of all families
covered under this scheme, but it is used as a means to create
credit good will to enable the SHGs to avail loan from the
mainstream credit organizations like banks and other institutions.
The purpose is to improve the livelihood of the poor and to make
their organizations sustainable.

Achievement
Up till now a total loan of Rs. 10, 12, 16,500 has been
distributed to 6,050 Self Help Groups.
34260 Self Help Groups have been formed and nurtured in 27
Districts under which 4.30 lakh women of poor family are being
benefitted. Total 165 Blocks, 1520 Panchayats and 5905 villages
have been covered under this Program.
For the purpose of mobilize the Primitive community Tharu in
the mainstream of development process, 300 SHGs are in
process of formation and nurture in East Cmaparan district.
2597 farmers on System of Rice intensification [SRI] & 72
farmers were benefitted through True potato seed technique for
which services were provided by the federation, out of which the
Federations have earned revenue of Rs. 14729. Under dairy
intervention, benefit of artificial insemination process has been
extended to 534 beneficiaries and 354 SHG members have been
registered under Community based retail enterprises [CBRE].

Problem faced in Panchayati Raj